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Exorcists, Abusers, and When Catholic History is Horror

May 10, 2022Matthew J. Cressler

Part two of a three-part series comparing Catholic horror films and novels to actual horrors committed by the Catholic...

From the Archive

From the Archive: On Forgiveness, Clergy Abuse, and the Need for New Understandings

February 3, 2022Kaya Oakes

In anticipation of Oakes’ column “Not So Sorry” debuting next month, we are revisiting her award-winning article from 2020...

Feature

The Guru-Disciple Relationship and the Complications of Consent

March 2, 2020Amanda Lucia

Is a devotee who promised to serve a guru able to assert her defiance or her consent?

Perspective

Jews, Sex Positivity, and Abuse

March 2, 2020Sarah Imhoff

Stories of Judaism’s sex positivity can get in the way of seeing abuse within Jewish communities.

Feature

A History of Sex Abuse in the Protestant Imagination

March 2, 2020Suzanna Krivulskaya

Protestant denominations also have structural abuse problems--and that isn't new.

Excerpt

American Catholic Studies: Forum on Catholic Sex Abuse and the Study of Religion

March 2, 2020Matthew Cressler, Julie Byrne

What do scholars of Catholicism have to say about the abuse crisis?

Perspective

On Forgiveness, Clergy Abuse, and the Need for New Understandings

March 2, 2020Kaya Oakes

What should survivors do when the Church asks them for forgiveness?

Perspective

Black Catholics, Racism, and the Sex Abuse Crisis: A Personal Reflection

March 2, 2020Tia Noelle Pratt

Discussions of the Catholic sex abuse crisis that do not consider race are incomplete.

Feature

Priests That Moved: Catholicism, Colonized Peoples, and Sex Abuse in the U.S. Southwest

March 2, 2020Kathleen Holscher

How should we understand the higher rates of clergy sexual abuse in dioceses with large Native American populations?

Feature

The Problem with Spotlights: Rethinking Our Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse

March 2, 2020Brian Clites

Americans repeatedly ask new waves of Catholic survivors to come forward, only to abandon them.

Editor's Letter

Special Issue Editor's Letter: Religion & Sex Abuse Within and Beyond the Catholic Church

March 2, 2020Brett Krutzsch

If we are going to understand this pervasive problem and change our culture, we must address this issue directly.

In the News

In the News: Migration, Antisemitism, Climate Change & Vampires

November 16, 2018

A roundup of recent religion writing.

In the News

In the News: Mourning, Reckoning, and Looking Ahead

September 10, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing.

Column

Political Feelings: Soul Murder

August 15, 2018Patrick Blanchfield

“Political Feelings” is a bi-monthly column by Patrick Blanchfield about stories, scenes, and studies of religion in American culture.

In the News: Hasidim, Mormons, Borges, and more!

November 17, 2014

A round-up of recent religion and media stories in the news.

Feature

Oh SNAP! Picking a Pope with Sex Abuse Solutions in Mind

March 11, 2013

By Abby Ohlheiser With the conclave starting tomorrow, SNAP warns that a new pope can't magically fix the Catholic...

Feature

Sex Abuse Scandals and Ultra-Orthodox Jews: Is the Internet the Problem?

November 13, 2012

By Ayala Fader The digital age has caused a crisis of moral authority among ultra-Orthodox rabbinic leadership as they...

Little Girls, Future Powerful Women

May 25, 2012

Mary Valle: Someone at UCSSB HQ has finally clicked on the links to anti-Girl Scout material on the web...

This is Manhood

November 22, 2011

A excerpt of the prayer delivered by coach Ron Brown to the Penn State football team on November 12th,...

Discarded Theologians

August 1, 2011

A quick shout-out to Bilgrimage, a blog by theologian William D. Lindsey, that recently linked an article by...

Feature

A Questionable Purpose, A Test of Words

June 26, 2011

Part of The Revealer’s series on the John Jay report, “The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse...

Feature

Pathologizing the Sexual Revolution

June 7, 2011

Part of The Revealer’s series on the John Jay report, “The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of...

Keeping the Patriarchy: Sex as Dominance in the Catholic Church

May 24, 2011

by Amanda Marcotte To quickly summarize a recently- released, five-year study funded by the Catholic Church on the priest sex...

Announcements

Report on Sex Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church

May 24, 2011

With commentary from FRANCES KISSLING, AMANDA MARCOTTE, ELIZABETH...

Exorcists, Abusers, and When Catholic History is Horror

From the Archive: On Forgiveness, Clergy Abuse, and the Need for New Understandings

The Guru-Disciple Relationship and the Complications of Consent

Jews, Sex Positivity, and Abuse

A History of Sex Abuse in the Protestant Imagination

American Catholic Studies: Forum on Catholic Sex Abuse and the Study of Religion

On Forgiveness, Clergy Abuse, and the Need for New Understandings

Black Catholics, Racism, and the Sex Abuse Crisis: A Personal Reflection

Priests That Moved: Catholicism, Colonized Peoples, and Sex Abuse in the U.S. Southwest

The Problem with Spotlights: Rethinking Our Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse

Special Issue Editor's Letter: Religion & Sex Abuse Within and Beyond the Catholic Church

In the News: Migration, Antisemitism, Climate Change & Vampires

In the News: Mourning, Reckoning, and Looking Ahead

Political Feelings: Soul Murder

In the News: Hasidim, Mormons, Borges, and more!

Oh SNAP! Picking a Pope with Sex Abuse Solutions in Mind

Sex Abuse Scandals and Ultra-Orthodox Jews: Is the Internet the Problem?

Little Girls, Future Powerful Women

This is Manhood

Discarded Theologians

A Questionable Purpose, A Test of Words

Pathologizing the Sexual Revolution

Keeping the Patriarchy: Sex as Dominance in the Catholic Church

Report on Sex Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church

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