Courage Funds Research on Betrayal and Courage in Religious Institutions
This week Courage has announced a new round of research grants, notable this year for an important focus on betrayal and courage in religious institutions.
I am very pleased that Courage has been able to fund 10 proposals as part of our competitive Institutional Courage Research Grant program, our third set of grants funded with the generous support of our donors. In particular, some of the awarded proposals focus on an issue with profound significance to many: institutional betrayal within and by religious institutions. For decades, I have personally received much outreach from victims of such betrayal, and it is encouraging to see researchers focusing on this important and developing area of institutional betrayal research.
Three of the funded projects are focused on institutional betrayal in a religious institution:
Betrayed by the Saints, Betrayed by God: An Exploratory Investigation into Childhood Sexual Abuse as Religious Betrayal in the LDS (Mormon) Church
The Impact of Church-Related Institutional Betrayal / Courage on Post-Traumatic Growth in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Impact of Institutional Betrayal and DARVO on Survivors of Clergy-perpetrated Sexual Abuse
The remaining seven projects are also of great interest to us at Courage:
International Students' Experiences of Institutional Betrayal in the Aftermath of Interpersonal Violence
Surveilled and Controlled: How Criminal Legal Surveillance Produces a System of Sexual Violence
Institutional Norms about Prioritizing Students’ Needs Legitimize Contrapower Harassment
Linking Veterans who Experience Intimate Partner Violence to Civil Legal Assistance
Perceptions of Institutional Betrayal and Courage among Ethnic Minority Sorority Members at a Hispanic Serving Institution
Experiences of Campus Sexual Assault, Institutional Betrayal, and Institutional Support Among Queer Survivors of Color
Institutional Courage, Justice and Healing: A Participatory Action Research Project to Improve College Campus Response to Sexual Violence and Center Survivors
More about the 10 new projects can be found on our Grants Funded page.
Jennifer Joy Freyd, PhD
Founder and President
Center for Institutional Courage