Devotions and desires : histories of sexuality and religion in the twentieth-century United States / edited by Gillian Frank, Bethany Moreton, and Heather R. White.
| Other author | Frank, Gillian, editor. |
| Other author | Moreton, Bethany, editor. |
| Other author | White, Heather Rachelle, 1974- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018] |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | ix, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | More than missionary: doing the histories of religion and sexuality together / Gillian Frank, Bethany Moreton, and Heather R. White -- Winnifred Wygal's flock: same-sex desire and Christian faith in the 1920s / Kathi Kern -- Subversive spiritualities: yoga's complex role in the narrative of sex and religion in the twentieth-century United States / Andrea R. Jain -- Purity and population: American Jews, marriage, and sexuality / Rebecca L. Davis -- Sex is holy and mysterious: the vision of early twentieth-century Catholic sex education reformers / James P. McCartin -- Real true buds: celibacy and same-sex desire across the color line in Father Divine's peace mission movement / Judith Weisenfeld -- Sexual diplomacy: U.S. Catholics' transnational anti-birth control activism in postwar Japan / Aiko Takeuchi-Demirci -- Modernizing decency: citizens for decent literature and covert Catholic activism in Cold War America / Whitney Strub -- Family planning is a Christian duty: religion, population control, and the pill in the 1960s / Samira K. Mehta -- From women's rights to religious freedom: the Women's League for Conservative Judaism and the politics of abortion, 1970-1982 / Rachel Kranson -- Fascinating and happy: Mormon women, the LDS church, and the politics of sexual conservatism / Neil J. Young -- The making of gay and lesbian rabbis in reconstructionist Judaism, 1979-1992 / Rebecca T. Alpert and Jacob J. Staub -- Founding new Sodom: radical gay communalist spirituality, 1973-1976 / Daniel Rivers -- We who must die demand a miracle: Christmas 1989 at the metropolitan community church of San Francisco / Lynne Gerber. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2017030398 |
| ISBN | 9781469636252 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469636255 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9781469636269 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469636263 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| Standard identifier# | 99975982325 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ18.U5 D48 2018 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |