Moral Combat : How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0465094759
ISBN-13
9780465094752
Publisher
Basic Books
Imprint
Basic Books
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 11th, 2018
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
656 grams
Dimensions
16.60 x 24.30 x 4.00 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasReligion & politicsChristian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships
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From an esteemed scholar of American religion and sexuality, a sweeping account of the century of religious conflict that produced our culture wars
From an esteemed scholar of American religion and sexuality, a sweeping account of the century of religious conflict that produced our culture wars
Gay marriage, transgender rights, birth control -- sex is at the heart of many of the most divisive political issues of our age. The origins of these conflicts, historian R. Marie Griffith argues, lie in sharp disagreements that emerged among American Christians a century ago. From the 1920s onward, a once-solid Christian consensus regarding gender roles and sexual morality began to crumble, as liberal Protestants sparred with fundamentalists and Catholics over questions of obscenity, sex education, and abortion. Both those who advocated for greater openness in sexual matters and those who resisted new sexual norms turned to politics to pursue their moral visions for the nation. Moral Combat is a history of how the Christian consensus on sex unraveled, and how this unraveling has made our political battles over sex so ferocious and so intractable.
Gay marriage, transgender rights, birth control -- sex is at the heart of many of the most divisive political issues of our age. The origins of these conflicts, historian R. Marie Griffith argues, lie in sharp disagreements that emerged among American Christians a century ago. From the 1920s onward, a once-solid Christian consensus regarding gender roles and sexual morality began to crumble, as liberal Protestants sparred with fundamentalists and Catholics over questions of obscenity, sex education, and abortion. Both those who advocated for greater openness in sexual matters and those who resisted new sexual norms turned to politics to pursue their moral visions for the nation. Moral Combat is a history of how the Christian consensus on sex unraveled, and how this unraveling has made our political battles over sex so ferocious and so intractable.
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