Birth control battles how race and class divided American religion

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"Conservative and progressive religious groups fiercely disagree about issues of sex and gender. But how did we get here? Sociologist Melissa J. Wilde shows us how today's modern divisions began in the 1930s in the earliest public battles over birth control and not for the reasons we might...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilde, Melissa J., 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
Temas:
Birth control > Religious aspects > History.
Birth control > United States > History.
Social classes > United States.
Eugenics > United States > History.
Race relations > Religious aspects.
Régulation des naissances > Aspect religieux > Histoire.
Régulation des naissances > États-Unis > Histoire.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
Eugénisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Relations raciales > Aspect religieux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
Birth control
Birth control > Religious aspects
Eugenics
Race relations > Religious aspects
Social classes
United States
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • American religious activism in the twentieth century
  • Mobilizing America's religious elite in the service of eugenics
  • The early liberalizers : "the church has a responsibility for the improvement of the human stock"
  • The supporters : "God needed the white Anglo-Saxon race"
  • The critics : "Atlanta does not believe in race suicide"
  • The silent groups : "let the Christian get away from heredity"
  • The religious promoters of contraception : remaining focused on other people's fertility
  • The forgotten half : America's reluctant contraception converts

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