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Author Gibson, William, 1959- author.

Title Sex and the church in the long eighteenth century : religion, Enlightenment and the sexual revolution / William Gibson and Joanne Begiato
Published London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 384 pages) : illustrations
Contents The church's teaching on sex -- The church, sex, and the public sphere -- Illicit sex and the church courts -- The church, marriage, and marital sex -- Evangelicals, sex, and respectability -- Celibacy, 'conjugal chastity', and 'moral restraint' -- The church, sodomy, and same-sex desires -- Scandals, the public, and the clergy -- Sexual narratives, obscenity, and the church
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-379) and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 6, 2017)
Subject Church of England -- History -- 18th century
SUBJECT Church of England fast
Subject Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 18th century
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics.
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Begiato, Joanne, author
ISBN 9781786721570
1786721570