
The Abuse of Power
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"The Abuse of Power is 'must' reading for clergy and denominational officials.... Weaving case stories with theory, Poling demonstrates that sexual abuse of children is not a private matter, but very much a matter for society and church--a question of structure and ideology, not just of individual character. He is not afraid to tackle the tough question: Does the image of God sacrificing Jesus on the cross contribute to abusive parent-child relationships?...If pastors and church officials read this book the church will change." --Karen Lebacqz, Pacific School of Religion
"For the exploitation of women and children to stop, men must be willing to break ranks with all forms of privilege that sanction male dominance. James Poling does so by deconstructing his own sense of male entitlement, by refusing to distance himself from perpetrators, by allowing survivors of sexual and domestic violence to speak with their own voices, by giving us profound words of hope, and by articulating a powerfully healing theology wrought through the depths of his own struggle with one of the worst evils in our society. His courageous and compassionate work reveals the love and hope that is born of solidarity across the boundaries of gender, sexual orientation, race, and economics....The psychological, political, spiritual, and theological power of this book is such that all educators, ministers, therapists, and Christians must read it." --Rita Nakashima Brock, Hamline University
Chapter titles are: 1. Hearing the Silenced Voices 2. Power and Abuse of Power 3. "Karen": Survivor of Sexual Violence 4. Stories of Recovering Perpetrators 5. The Schreber Case: Methods of Analysis 6. The Search for Self 7. The Search for Community 8. The Search for God 9. Ministry Practice and Practical Theology
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- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Chapter One: Hearing the Silenced Voices
- Hearing Survivors of Sexual Violence
- The Question of My Accountability
- Methodology
- Summary of Chapters
- Chapter Two: Power and Abuse of Power
- Power in Its Ideal Form
- Abuse of Power as Evil
- The Redemption of Power
- Chapter Three: Karen: Survivor of Sexual Violence
- Karen's Speech
- Excerpts from Karen's Letters
- Concluding Comment
- Chapter Four: Stories of Recovering Perpetrators
- My Personal Story
- Finding the Stories of Perpetrators
- There Is No Typical Story
- Sam: A Recovering Perpetrator
- The Organization of Abuse of Power in Perpetrators
- Where Is the Hope?
- Issues for Counselors
- Chapter Five: The Schreber Case: Methods of Analysis
- The Schreber Case
- How Is Power Organized in Human Experience?
- A Method for the Study of Power
- Chapter Six: The Search for Self
- The Relational Self
- The Ambiguous Self
- Jesus as a Model of the Relational, Ambiguous Self
- Chapter Seven: The Search for Community
- Betrayal by Community
- The Nature of Community
- Feminist Analysis of Culture
- The Nature of Loving Communities
- Chapter Eight: The Search for God
- Images of God in the Hebrew Bible
- Images of God in the New Testament
- A Revised Image of God
- Chapter Nine: Ministry Practice and Practical Theology
- Principles for Ministry Practice
- Practical Theology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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