The art of the public grovel: sexual sin and public confession in America
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Main Author: Bauer, S. Wise (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press ©2008
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and index
Grover the good, Belshazzar Blaine, and the rapacious woman -- In the presence of the elect (with the world looking on) -- Aimee Semple McPherson and the devil -- Confession goes public -- Ted Kennedy misreads his public -- Jimmy Carter, traitor to the cause -- Jim Bakker shoots his allies -- Jimmy Swaggart's model confession -- Clinton and the three public confessions -- Unaware of change -- Conclusion: Predictions
Whether you are a politician caught carrying on with an intern or a minister photographed with a prostitute, discovery does not necessarily spell the end of your public career. Admit your sins carefully, using the essential elements of an evangelical confession identified by Susan Wise Bauer in The Art of the Public Grovel, and you, like Bill Clinton, just might survive. In this fascinating and important history of public confession in modern America, Bauer explains why and how a type of confession that first arose among nineteenth-century evangelicals has today become the required form for an
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 337 pages)
ISBN:1400830028
9781400830022

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