Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis

This volume takes a close, dispassionate look at the entire history of the issue of sexual abuse among the clergy, and especially among the Roman Catholic clergy. From the first rumblings to today's headlines, Philip Jenkins has written a fascinating, exhaustive, and, above all, even-handed account that not only puts this particular crisis in perspective, but offers an eye-opening look at the way in which an issue takes hold of the popular imagination. Jenkins reassures us about our local clergy, but also delivers a disturbing message about how vulnerable we are to the news media. Meticulously documented and dispassionately argued, this volume marks a watershed in the discussion of an issue of enormous current interest, one that will not disappear from the headlines any time soon.


Author: Philip Jenkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/17/2001
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.34w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9780195145977

Review Citation(s):
New York Review of Books 06/13/2002 pg. 10

About the Author

Philip Jenkins, one of the world's leading religion scholars joined Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion as Distinguished Professor of History and Co-Director for the Program on Historical Studies of Religion.

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