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Sex and the church in the long eighteenth century : religion, Enlightenment and the sexual revolution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gibson, William, 1959- (Author), Begiato, Joanne (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.
Subjects:
Church of England > History > 18th century.
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 18th century.
Table of 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.