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Preaching eugenics : religious leaders and the American eugenics movement / Christine Rosen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosen, Christine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eugenics--United States--History--20th century.
- Eugenics.
- Eugenics--Religious aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author tells how Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish leaders confronted and enthusiastically embraced eugenics - a movement that embodied progressive attitudes about modern science at the time. She argues that religious leaders pursued eugenics precisely when they moved away from traditional religious tenets.
- Contents:
- Fervent charity
- Certifying eugenic purity in the churches
- Protestant promoters and Jewish eugenics
- Eugenicists discover Jesus
- Sterilization, birth control, and the Catholic confrontation with eugenics
- Twilight converts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-275) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988266-5
- 0-19-803564-0
- 1-280-55890-3
- 9786610558902
- 1-4237-2025-3
- OCLC:
- 191827138
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