Catholics and Contraception : : An American History / / Leslie Woodcock Tentler.
As Americans rethought sex in the twentieth century, the Catholic Church's teachings on the divisive issue of contraception in marriage were in many ways central. In a fascinating history, Leslie Woodcock Tentler traces changing attitudes: from the late nineteenth century, when religious leader...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 10 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Cornell Paperbacks Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1. "The Abominable Crime of Onan": Catholic Pastoral Practice and Family Limitation, 1873-1919
- 2. A Certain Indocility: Obstacles to Reform, 1919-1930
- 3. "No Longer a Time for Reticence": A Pivotal Decade, 1930-1941
- 4. "Life Is a Warfare": Confession, Preaching, Politics, 1941-1962
- 5. "It Isn't Easy to Be a Catholic": Rhythm, Education for Marriage, Lay Voices, 1941-1962
- 6. The Church's First Duty Is Charity: The "People of God" in a Time of Upheaval, 1962-July 1968
- Epilogue: Humanae Vitae and Its Aftermath
- Notes
- Index