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Format: xii, 285 Seiten : , 1 Diagramm, Karten ; , 24 cm.

ISBN: 978-0-520-30320-1 , 978-0-520-30321-8

Content: "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 expect today. By examining thirty of America's most prominent religious groups-including Mormons, Methodists, Southern Baptists, Seventh Day Adventists, Quakers, Jews, and more-Wilde contends that fights over birth control were never about sex, women's rights, or privacy but were actually about race, class, and white supremacist concerns about undesirable fertility. Using census and archival data and more than 10,000 articles, statements, and sermons from religious and secular periodicals, Wilde chronicles the religious community's division on contraception. She takes us from the 1930s, when support for the eugenics movement saw birth control as an act of duty for less desirable groups, to the 1960s, when religious identities had crystalized to such an extent that most congregants had forgotten the roots of their stance on birth control. Charting the twists and turns of how reproductive politics were tied to complex views of race, immigration, and manifest destiny, Birth Control Battles shows the enduring importance of race and class for American religion as it rewrites our understandings of what it has meant to be progressive or conservative in America"--Provided by publisher

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Social movements and American religion -- 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 : other people's fertility -- The forgotten half : America's reluctant endorsers of contraception

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-520-97268-1

Language: English

Keywords: Geburtenregelung ; Eugenik ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Soziale Klasse ; Hochschulschrift

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Format: XV, 196 S.

ISBN: 0-691-11829-9

Note: Zugl.: Berkeley, Univ. of California, Diss.

Language: English

Subjects: Theology

Keywords: 2. Vatikanstadt 1962-1965 ; Religiöser Wandel ; Hochschulschrift ; Hochschulschrift

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Format: 1 online resource (300 pages) : , illustrations

ISBN: 0-520-97268-6

Content: Conservative and progressive religious groups fiercely disagree about issues of sex and gender. But how did we get here? Melissa J. Wilde shows how today’s modern divisions began in the 1930s in the public battles over birth control and not for the reasons we might expect. By examining thirty of America’s most prominent religious groups—from Mormons to Methodists, Southern Baptists to Seventh Day Adventists, and many others—Wilde contends that fights over birth control had little do with sex, women’s rights, or privacy.Using a veritable treasure trove of data, including census and archival materials and more than 10,000 articles, statements, and sermons from religious and secular periodicals, Wilde demonstrates that the push to liberalize positions on contraception was tied to complex views of race, immigration, and manifest destiny among America’s most prominent religious groups. Taking us from the Depression era, when support for the eugenics movement saw birth control as an act of duty for less desirable groups, to the 1960s, by which time most groups had forgotten the reasons behind their stances on contraception (but not the concerns driving them), Birth Control Battles explains how reproductive politics divided American religion. In doing so, this book shows the enduring importance of race and class for American religion as it rewrites our understanding of what it has meant to be progressive or conservative in America.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations and Tables -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , 1. American Religious Activism in the Twentieth Century -- , 2. Mobilizing America’s Religious Elite in the Service of Eugenics -- , 3. The Early Liberalizers: “The Church Has a Responsibility for the Improvement of the Human Stock” -- , 4. The Supporters: “God Needed the White Anglo-Saxon Race” -- , 5. The Critics: “Atlanta Does Not Believe in Race Suicide” -- , 6. The Silent Groups: “Let the Christian Get Away from Heredity” -- , 7. The Religious Promoters of Contraception: Remaining Focused on Other People’s Fertility -- , 8. The Forgotten Half: America’s Reluctant Contraceptive Converts -- , Conclusion: A Century Later -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-520-30320-2

Language: English

DOI: 10.1525/9780520972681

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780691188584

Content: On an otherwise ordinary Sunday morning in 1964, millions of Roman Catholics around the world experienced history. For the first time in centuries, they attended masses that were conducted mostly in their native tongues. This occasion marked only the first of many profound changes to emanate from the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Known popularly as Vatican II, it would soon give rise to the most far-reaching religious transformation since the Reformation. In this groundbreaking work of cultural and historical sociology, Melissa Wilde offers a new explanation for this revolutionary transformation of the Church. Drawing on newly available sources--including a collection of interviews with the Council's key bishops and cardinals, and primary documents from the Vatican Secret Archive that have never before been seen by researchers--Wilde demonstrates that the pronouncements of the Council were not merely reflections of papal will, but the product of a dramatic confrontation between progressives and conservatives that began during the first days of the Council. The outcome of this confrontation was determined by a number of factors: the Church's decline in Latin America; its competition and dialogue with other faiths, particularly Protestantism, in northern Europe and North America; and progressive clerics' deep belief in the holiness of compromise and their penchant for consensus building. Wilde's account will fascinate not only those interested in Vatican II but anyone who wants to understand the social underpinnings of religious change.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , TABLES AND FIGURES -- , ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- , INTRODUCTION -- , Part I: Explaining the Council -- , Part II: The Case Studies -- , Appendix A ABBREVIATIONS OF PRIMARY SOURCES -- , Appendix B METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -- , Appendix C TIMELINE OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL -- , NOTES -- , REFERENCES -- , INDEX , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.23943/9780691188584

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.23943/9780691188584