Limit search to available items
Record 14 of 20
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
E-book
Author Gardella, Peter, 1951- author.

Title Innocent ecstasy : how Christianity gave America an ethic of sexual pleasure / Peter Gardella
Edition Updated edition
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2016

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages)
Contents Catholic sensuality -- Protestant reactions -- Medical Christianity -- Medical prophets -- Evangelical ecstasy -- The Song of Bernadette -- Redemption through sex -- Redeeming the body
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Sin, Original.
Sexual ethics -- United States
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Sexual ethics
Sin, Original
SUBJECT United States -- Religious life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140506
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016012878
ISBN 9780190609412
0190609419
9780190609436
0190609435
9780190609429
0190609427