Under Authority : Report on Clergy Discipline
Under Authority : Report on Clergy Discipline

Author: Church of England. General Synod. Working Party reviewing Clergy Discipline and the Working of the Ecclesiastical Courts

Publisher: Church House Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780715137963

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This 1996 report examines the system of clergy discipline, outlines its perceived strengths and weaknesses, and makes a number of recommendations for a comprehensive change in the way that this difficult issue might be handled.

Teaching with Authority
Teaching with Authority

Author: Jimmy Akin

Publisher: Catholic Answers Press

Published: 2018-10-15

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9781683570943

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A unique, valuable, and long-overdue resource for all Catholics as well as those inquiring about the Faith, Teaching with Authority will help deepen your understanding of what the Church teaches by showing you (maybe for the first time) how and why and where it does. Not another catechism or "Catholicism for beginners" book, Teaching with Authority isn't about understanding specific teachings of the Faith (even the complicated and misunderstood ones) but rather about understanding Catholic teaching itself. Where does the Church's teaching authority come from? How do we weigh dogmas versus practices, doctrines versus disciplines, conciliar declarations versus papal interviews? How do we sort through the many kinds of ecclesial documents and determine their relative authority and relevance? And, in an age when accusations of heresy fly regularly across social media, Jimmy also tackles the issues of incredulity, apostasy, and schism-showing you how to recognize different forms of dissent

Sex, Power, Control
Sex, Power, Control

Author: Fiona Gardner

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 0718895622

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Given their rhetoric on safeguarding, the response of religious organisations to abuse by the clergy - sexual, physical and spiritual - has been inept, thoughtless, mean, and without any sense of urgency. Sex, Power, Control explores the underlying reasons for the mishandling of recent abuse cases. Using psychoanalytical and sociological insights, and including her own experiences as shown in the BBC documentary Exposed: The Church’s Darkest Secret, Gardner asks why the Churches find themselves in such a crisis, and how issues of power and control have contributed to secrecy, deception and heartache. Drawing on survivor accounts and delving into the psychology of clergy abusers, she reveals a culture of avoidance and denial, while an examination of power dynamics highlights institutional narcissism and a hierarchical structure based on deference, with defensive assumptions linked to sex, gender and class. Sex, Power, Control is an invaluable resource for all those in the church or similar institutions, and for anyone concerned about child abuse.

Horizons in Hermeneutics
Horizons in Hermeneutics

Author: Stanley C. Porter

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2013-04-25

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1467437573

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From essays that focus on the horizon of the text through to essays that consider the horizon of the twenty-first century church, this collection invites reflection on the illumination that hermeneutical awareness brings to biblical interpretation. This Festschrift in honor of Anthony C. Thiselton aims to consider, exemplify, and build upon his insights in philosophical hermeneutics and biblical studies, particularly in relation to Paul and his writings.