Pastor, Mentor, or Father?: The Contested Intimacies of the Eddie Long Sex Abuse Scandal
In September 2010, four young African American men filed lawsuits against Bishop Eddie Long and New Birth Missionary Baptist Church alleging that Long had sexually abused them as teens. Though the case generated a number of discussions about the institutional politics underwriting clerical privilege...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2014
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Journal of Africana religions
Έτος: 2014, Τόμος: 2, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 1-30 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Patriarchy
B Sociality B spiritual kinship B Black / evangelical culture B sex abuse |
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| Σύνοψη: | In September 2010, four young African American men filed lawsuits against Bishop Eddie Long and New Birth Missionary Baptist Church alleging that Long had sexually abused them as teens. Though the case generated a number of discussions about the institutional politics underwriting clerical privilege, missing was detailed attention to the interior social dynamics that connected the religious participants. Informed by an examination of the case's legal texts and related local and electronic media, this article examines how the relationships between Long and his accusers were differentially constructed as pastoral relationships, mentorship ties, and spiritual kinship bonds. Applying anthropological frameworks that demonstrate how different forms of sociality can intersect to reinforce social structures, I use this timely investigation to argue that despite the variegated and contested character of the relationships, all are mutually organized by the social logic of patriarchy and the complex intimacies mediating contemporary Afro-Protestant religious belonging. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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