Title: State of virginity
First published: 2004
Description: "Challenging Weberian concepts that link modernization to Protestantism, Strasser's study illustrates the modernizing power of Catholicism through an examination of virginity's central role in politics, culture, and society. Weaving together the stories of marriage and convent, of lay as well as religious women, State of Virginity makes important contributions to the historical study of sexuality and the growing feminist literature on the state. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of political and religious history, women's studies, and social history."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Catholic Church, Catholic women, Christianity and politics, Church history, History, History of doctrines, Marriage, Politics and government, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Marriage, Social conditions, Women in the Catholic Church, Marriage, religious aspects, catholic church, Germany, church history, Germany, politics and government
Places: Germany, Munich, Munich (Germany)
LC classification: BX1539.M8 S83 2004