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