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Author Rosen, Christine

Title Preaching eugenics : religious leaders and the American eugenics movement
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (296 pages)
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Eugenics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Eugenics -- Religious aspects
Eugenics
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Oxford University Press
ISBN 019515679X
9780195156799