Peter Gardella

Innocent Ecstasy, Updated Edition

How Christianity Gave America an Ethic of Sexual Pleasure

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Produktbeschreibung

Moving between theology, medical treatments, psychological theories, feminist movements and popular culture, Innocent Ecstasy demonstrates how Christianity has shaped Americans' sexual expectations-and laid the foundations for the sexual revolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780190609405
• ISBN-10: 0190609400
• Artikelnr.: 47869698

Autorenporträt

Peter Gardella is Professor of World Religions at Manhattanville College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface to the Updated Edition
Introduction
1. Catholic Sensuality
2. Protestant Reactions
3. Medical Christianity
4. Medical Prophets
5. Evangelical Ecstasy
6. The Song of Bernadette
7. Redemption through Sex
Conclusion: History and Theology (1985)
Since 1985: Redeeming the Body
Afterword: Projecting the Future
Notes
Bibliography
Index