Title Moral combat : how sex divided American Christians and fractured American politics / R. Marie Griffith.

Publication Info.	New York : Basic Books, 2017.
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Edition	First edition.
Description	xx, 395 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-374) and index.
Contents	The battle over birth control in the roaring twenties -- Censorship of literature and popular entertainments -- Segregation and race mixing in the early Civil Rights era -- The Kinsey revolution and challenges to female chastity -- Sex education in the sixties and the surging Religious Right -- The abortion war before and after Roe v. Wade -- Sexual harassment at century's end -- Same-sex marriage and LGBT rights in the new millennium.
Summary	"Why are religious conflicts over sex and sexuality so inescapable in American politics today? The answer, argues R. Marie Griffith in Moral Combat, lies in sharp disagreements that emerged among American Christians almost a century ago. In the 1920s, after women gained the right to vote nationwide, a longstanding religious consensus about sexual morality began to fray irreparably. The slow but steady unraveling of that consensus in the decades that followed has transformed America's broader culture and public life, dividing our politics and pushing sex to the center of our public debate"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches.
	Catholic Church. (OCoLC)fst00531720
	Catholic Church -- Relations -- Protestant churches.
	Christianity and politics -- United States.
	Sex -- Political aspects -- United States.
	Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
	Christians -- Political activity -- United States.
	Protestant churches -- Relations -- Catholic Church.
	United States -- Church history.
	HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
	RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
	RELIGION -- Sexuality & Gender Studies.
	RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State.
	Christianity and politics. (OCoLC)fst00859736
	Christians -- Political activity. (OCoLC)fst00859773
	Interfaith relations. (OCoLC)fst01353343
	Protestant churches. (OCoLC)fst01079875
	Sex -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01114181
	Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (OCoLC)fst01114193
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State.
	Christians -- Political activity -- United States.
	RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies.
	RELIGION / Christianity / History.
	HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
	Sex -- Political aspects -- United States.
	Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
	Christianity and politics -- United States.
	United States -- Church history.
Genre/Form	Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
Other Form:	Online version: Griffith, R. Marie (Ruth Marie), 1967- Moral combat. New York : Basic Books, 2017 9780465094769 (DLC) 2017040616
ISBN	9780465094752 (hardcover)
	0465094759 (hardcover)

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