The American Religious Debate over Birth Control 1907-1937
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: August 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780786410811
Subjects: American studies; Christian doctrinal theology; Christian moral & pastoral theology; Cultural studies; Ethical issues & debates; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; History; Politics / Current Events; History: American; USA; Abortion & Birth Control; General; Americas (North Central South West Indies); Pregnancy & Childbirth; Birth control; Church and social problems; Religious aspects; United States
Description: "The ongoing debates on the morality of artifical birth control sparked a heated public debate in the early twentieth century in an already religiously fragmented United States. Many denominations took part in the deliberations both publicly and privately.

In examining the ideas about contraception and birth control at that time, this book considers the cultural environment, religion and its connection to the roots of birth control, the questioning of religious doctrine, the Protestants' view of birth control, the Lambeth conferences of 1930, the influence of conservatives, and the influence of Catholics.

Also discussed are the historical context of fundamentalists versus modernists, eugenics, neo-Malthusianism, immigration, the movement for legalization organized by Margaret Sanger, and how the Catholic Church came to lead religious resistance to artificial birth control."--BOOK JACKET.