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Shattering the Illusion: Child Sexual Abuse and Canadian Religious Institutions
Tracy J. Trothen
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Description for Shattering the Illusion: Child Sexual Abuse and Canadian Religious Institutions
Paperback. Analysizes policies addressing child sexual abuse complaints in a selection of religious institutions in Canada. This title examines the Roman Catholic Church, The United Church of Canada, the Anglican Church, the Mennonite Church, Islam, and the Canadian Unitarian Council/Unitarian Universalist Association. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Shattering the Illusion is the first book to gather and comparatively analyze policies addressing child sexual abuse complaints in a selection of religious institutions in Canada. Although there is a substantial body of literature regarding Christianity and sexual abuse, very little of it focuses on religious institutions in Canada and their respective policies. In the foreword, Tracey J. Trothen summarizes the Cornwall Inquiry, out of which this book arose. She then examines the Roman Catholic Church, The United Church of Canada, the Anglican Church, the Mennonite Church, Islam, and the Canadian Unitarian Council/Unitarian Universalist Association, describing in detail the evolution ... Read more
Shattering the Illusion is the first book to gather and comparatively analyze policies addressing child sexual abuse complaints in a selection of religious institutions in Canada. Although there is a substantial body of literature regarding Christianity and sexual abuse, very little of it focuses on religious institutions in Canada and their respective policies. In the foreword, Tracey J. Trothen summarizes the Cornwall Inquiry, out of which this book arose. She then examines the Roman Catholic Church, The United Church of Canada, the Anglican Church, the Mennonite Church, Islam, and the Canadian Unitarian Council/Unitarian Universalist Association, describing in detail the evolution ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
218
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
320 g
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781554583560
SKU
V9781554583560
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About Tracy J. Trothen
Tracy J. Trothen is an associate professor of theology and ethics at Queenas School of Religion, Queenas University, in Kingston, Ontario. She is the author of over twenty scholarly publications, including Linking Sexuality and Gender: Naming Violence against Women in The United Church of Canada (WLU Press, 2003). Her more recent publications are concerned with the intersections of sport, technology, ... Read more
Reviews for Shattering the Illusion: Child Sexual Abuse and Canadian Religious Institutions
``The disclosures by victims and survivors of the sexual abuse they have experienced at the hands of faith leaders has shaken the foundations of our faith communities and has given us the opportunity to address this long-standing evil in our midst. Tracy J. Trothen has produced a thorough and thoughtful rendering of the history of Canadian faith communities confronting the ... Read more