Compromising positions : sex scandals, politics, and American Christianity / Leslie Dorrough Smith.

Author/creator Smith, Leslie Dorrough, 1975- author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Descriptionviii, 302 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Sex scandals--United States.
Politicians--Sexual behavior. --United States.
Christianity and politics--United States.
Sex--Religious aspects. --Christianity.
Evangelicalism--United States.

Contents Compromising positions : political sex scandals and American Christianity -- Sex scandals, national fantasies, and the stories we tell -- Scandal : the story of wayward men (featuring a full cast, with special guest star, Donald Trump) -- Religion : the story of right and wrong (featuring Mark Foley and Roy Moore) -- Sex : the story of feminists and whores (featuring Anita Hill and Paula Jones) -- Nation : the story of American values (featuring Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, and John Edwards) -- Media : the story of just desserts (featuring Anthony Weiner and Arnold Schwarzenegger) -- Brett Kavanaugh and the contradictions of American masculinity (featuring Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, with a role reprisal by Donald Trump).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index
LCCN 2019010566
ISBN9780190924072 hardcover
ISBN0190924071 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
Standard identifier# 40029619818