The Catholic Church and Modern Sexual Knowledge, 1850-1950

By Lucia Pozzi

Book Overview

1. Introduction2. Onanism. The story of onanism and the story of Onan are not the same3. The Holy Office deals with masturbation, abortion and contraception4. Sexual Purity5. Jesuits writing on Population Theories and Eugenics6. Nudism. A pernicious doctrine7. The perfect marriage 8. Responding to the 'plague of birth control' 9. A papal encyclical about chaste wedlock

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030797856
• ISBN13: 9783030797850
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"