An academic approach to the effects of a fundamentalist religious upbringing on the development of human sexuality... Long before the current sexual abuse disclosures exploded on the global scene, the fields of psychology and psychiatry gave ample warning, in penetrating articles and books, of the inherent dangers associated with fundamentalism's attitude toward early human psychological and sexual development. Identification of the causes of abuse, and of the dangers endemic to our underlying national values, is a necessary step toward health and healing. Angelyn Ray, veteran clinical social worker, exposes in a short text the warnings offered by pioneers in the field of psychology, illuminating causes of the harvest of abuses we reap today, opening the way to systemic rectification
