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Disgraced: How Sex Scandals Transformed American Protestantism

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Author

Suzanna Krivulskaya

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https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disgraced-9780197599686?cc=us&lang=en&

Traces important historical changes in both journalism and religious responses to scandal from the 1830s to the late twentieth century. Covers both the most sensational and well-known scandals and never before examined cases of ministerial impropriety.
Uncovers the historical background of the current reactions to charismatic religious authority and sexual abuse