Spoils of the Kingdom : Clergy Misconduct and Religious Community.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (186 pages)
front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction by A. W. Richard Sipe -- 1. Communities of Faith and Clergy Malfeasance in Modern Times -- 2. The Logic of Social Exchange Theory and Clergy Malfeasance -- 3. The Iron Law of Clergy Elitism -- 4. Authenticity Lost: Faith and Victimization -- 5. Reactance, Crime, and Sin -- References -- Index -- back cover.
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Clergy-Professional ethics-United States-History. Crime-Religious aspects-Christianity-History. Social exchange-Religious aspects-Christianity.