Spoils of the Kingdom: Clergy Misconduct and Religious Community

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© 2007 by Anson Shupe Introduction © 2007 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America c 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shupe, Anson D. Spoils of the Kingdom : clergy misconduct and religious community / Anson Shupe ; introduction by A. W. Richard Sipe. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-252-03159-5 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-252-03159-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Clergy—Professional ethics—United States—History. 2. Crime—Religious aspects—Christianity—History. 3. Social exchange—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title. bv4011.3.s55 2007 262'.14—dc22 2006031003 To Jeffrey K. Hadden, my best critic The kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. —1 Corinthians 4:20–21 For a bishop, as God’s steward, must be blameless . . . —Titus 1:7 Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we shall incur a stricter judgment. —James 3:1 The greatest enemy to belief is pretending to believe—especially when you are pretending out of deference to others. —Garry Wills, Bare Ruined Choirs ...