The Art of the Public Grovel : Sexual Sin and Public Confession in America /

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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Bauer, Susan Wise (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Sex scandals.
Presidents > Sexual behavior.
Politicians > Sexual behavior.
Moral conditions.
Evangelicalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Leadership.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Sexuality.
Évangelisme > États-Unis.
Presidents > Sexualite > États-Unis > Histoire.
Evangelicalism > United States.
Confession > Social aspects > United States > History.
Presidents > Sexual behavior > United States > History.
Politicians > Sexual behavior > United States > History.
Sex scandals > United States > History.
United States.
United States > Moral conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (352 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400830022

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