Devotions and Desires (eBook)

Histories of Sexuality and Religion in the Twentieth-Century United States

Gillian A. Frank, Bethany Moreton, Heather R. White (Herausgeber)

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2018
320 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-3627-6 (ISBN)

Infos

At a moment when "e;freedom of religion"e; rhetoric fuels public debate, it is easy to assume that sex and religion have faced each other in pitched battle throughout modern U.S. history. Yet, by tracking the nation's changing religious and sexual landscapes over the twentieth century, this book challenges that zero-sum account of sexuality locked in a struggle with religion. It shows that religion played a central role in the history of sexuality in the United States, shaping sexual politics, communities, and identities. At the same time, sexuality has left lipstick traces on American religious history. From polyamory to pornography, from birth control to the AIDS epidemic, this book follows religious faiths and practices across a range of sacred spaces: rabbinical seminaries, African American missions, Catholic schools, pagan communes, the YWCA, and much more. What emerges is the shared story of religion and sexuality and how both became wedded to American culture and politics. The volume, framed by a provocative introduction by Gillian Frank, Bethany Moreton, and Heather R. White and a compelling afterword by John D'Emilio, features essays by Rebecca T. Alpert and Jacob J. Staub, Rebecca L. Davis, Lynne Gerber, Andrea R. Jain, Kathi Kern, Rachel Kranson, James P. McCartin, Samira K. Mehta, Daniel Rivers, Whitney Strub, Aiko Takeuchi-Demirci, Judith Weisenfeld, and Neil J. Young.

Autor

Gillian Frank is visiting fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. Bethany Moreton is professor of history at Dartmouth College. Heather R. White is visiting assistant professor in religion and queer studies at the University of Puget Sound.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.2.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 6 halftones, notes, index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Abortion • African-American • anthony comstock • Birth Control • Catholicism • Charles Keating • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Citizens for Decent Literature • Cold War • Conservatism • conservative judaism • Dia Meta • Equal Rights Amendment • Eugenics • Family planning • Father Divine’s Peace Mission • gay and lesbian rabbis • gay communal societies • Helen Andelin • heterosexuality • History • HIV/ • HIV/Aids • Homosexuality • Ida Craddock • Interracial Relationships • Japan • Jaquie Davidson • Judaism • Judeo-Christian • Lesbians • LGBT • Mainline Protestants • Margaret Sanger • marriage • Metropolitan Community Church • mormons • obscenity • Orthodox Judaism • pluralism • Population control • Pornography • postwar politics and culture • queer religion • Reconstructionist Judaism • Reconstructionist Rabbinical College • Reform Judaism • Religion in America • religious politics • religious themed sex toys • San Francisco • Secularism • Sex Education • Sexuality • sexuality and religion • sexual liberalism • Stanley Brav • Swami Muktananda • Transcendentalism • Troy Perry • Twentieth century • Vedanta Society • Vivekananda • Winnifred Wygal • Women's League for Conservative Judaism • Yoga • Young Women’s Christian Association
• ISBN-10: 1-4696-3627-1 / 1469636271
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-3627-6 / 9781469636276