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The Art of the Public Grovel: Sexual Sin and Public Confession in America
Susan Wise Bauer
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Whether you are a politician caught carrying on with an intern or a minister photographed with a prostitute, discovery does not necessarily spell the end of your public career. Admit your sins carefully, using the essential elements of an evangelical confession identified by Susan Wise Bauer in The Art of the Public Grovel, and you, like Bill Clinton, just might survive. In this fascinating and important history of public confession in modern America, Bauer explains why and how a type of confession that first arose among nineteenth-century evangelicals has today become the required form for any successful public admission of ... Read more
Whether you are a politician caught carrying on with an intern or a minister photographed with a prostitute, discovery does not necessarily spell the end of your public career. Admit your sins carefully, using the essential elements of an evangelical confession identified by Susan Wise Bauer in The Art of the Public Grovel, and you, like Bill Clinton, just might survive. In this fascinating and important history of public confession in modern America, Bauer explains why and how a type of confession that first arose among nineteenth-century evangelicals has today become the required form for any successful public admission of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691138107
SKU
V9780691138107
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About Susan Wise Bauer
Susan Wise Bauer is the author of "The History of the Ancient World" (Norton), the first part of a four-volume history of the world. Her other books include "The Well-Trained Mind" and "The Well-Educated Mind" (both Norton). She holds a PhD in American studies from the College of William & Mary.
Reviews for The Art of the Public Grovel: Sexual Sin and Public Confession in America
Honorable Mention for the 2008 PROSE Award in Media and Cultural Studies, Association of American Publishers "[A] very entertaining book. Reading this book is like putting the noses of these famous men ... in the mud all over again. Bauer's book, however, is more than a seminar in how to cringe with dignity. It is a lesson in how religious ... Read more