LEADER 04257nam 22007095 450 001 9910503010303321 005 20240724094359.0 010 $a9783030797867 010 $a3030797864 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-79786-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000012036790 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6734390 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6734390 035 $a(OCoLC)1287131056 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-79786-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012036790 100 $a20210924d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Catholic Church and Modern Sexual Knowledge, 1850-1950 /$fby Lucia Pozzi 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (286 pages) 225 1 $aGenders and Sexualities in History,$x2730-9487 311 08$a9783030797850 311 08$a3030797856 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Onanism -- 3. The Holy Office Dealing with Abortion and Contraception -- 4. Youth and Sexual Purity -- 5. Jesuits Writing on Population Theories and on Eugenics -- 6. Nudism -- 7. Scientific Eroticism -- 8. The First Modern Vatican Public Talk about Sexuality -- 9. Conclusion. 330 $a"This book offers an engaging and well-researched study of the relationship between Catholicism and sexual science; it will make a useful contribution to the histories of sexuality and religion, helping these two, often disparate, fields speak to each other in new ways." - David Geiringer, Associate Lecturer and Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Queen Mary, University of London, UK "Too often historians of sexuality, especially in the English-speaking world, work with stylised views of the Catholic Church's regulation of women's sexuality. By reading Lucia Pozzi's book, they can gain a more nuanced view based on fine-grained archival research." - Peter Cryle, Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland This book is the first to present a comprehensive historical picture of the modern Catholic concern with the body and sexuality. The Catholic church is commonly believed to have always opposed birth control and abortion throughout the centuries. Yet the Catholic encounter with modern sexuality has a more complex and interesting history. What was the meaning of sexual purity? Why did eugenics matter to Catholicism? How did the Society of Jesus interpret the idea of overpopulation? Why did Pius XI decide to issue the notorious encyclical Casti connubii on Christian marriage - the first modern papal pronouncement on birth control, abortion, and eugenics? In answering these questions, Lucia Pozzi uncovers new archival and unpublished records to dig into Catholic responses to modern sexual knowledge, showing the Catholic church at times resisting, but also often welcoming, scientific modernity. Lucia Pozzi is an intellectual historian in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland, Australia. She is the author of journal articles and book chapters on the history of modern Catholic discourses on sexuality and eugenics. 410 0$aGenders and Sexualities in History,$x2730-9487 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x1492- 606 $aCivilization$xHistory 606 $aSocial history 606 $aReligion$xHistory 606 $aSex 606 $aHistory of Modern Europe 606 $aCultural History 606 $aSocial History 606 $aHistory of Religion 606 $aGender Studies 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x1492-. 615 0$aCivilization$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 0$aReligion$xHistory. 615 0$aSex. 615 14$aHistory of Modern Europe. 615 24$aCultural History. 615 24$aSocial History. 615 24$aHistory of Religion. 615 24$aGender Studies. 676 $a241.66 676 $a241.66 700 $aPozzi$b Lucia$0847858 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910503010303321 996 $aThe Catholic Church and Modern Sexual Knowledge, 1850-1950$91893533 997 $aUNINA