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The Pope and the pill
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- Book Synopsis
- This book is about the sexual and religious lives of Catholic women in post-war England. It uses original oral history material to uncover the way Catholic women negotiated spiritual and sexual demands at a moment when the two increasingly seemed at odds with each other. It also examines the public pronouncements and secretive internal documents of the central Catholic Church, offering a ground-breaking new explanation of the Pope's decision to prohibit the Pill in 1968. The material gathered here offers a fresh perspective on the idea that 'sex killed God', reframing dominant approaches to the histories of sex, religion and social change. The book will be essential reading not only for scholars of sexuality, religion, gender and oral history, but anyone interested in social and cultural change more broadly.
- About The Author
- David Geiringer is Associate Lecturer in Contemporary History at Queen Mary University of London
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781526155955
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press, (04 May 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 232
- Weight
- 277 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 138 x 12.42 mm
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