Preaching eugenics : religious leaders and the American eugenics movement /
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 religi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 286 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-275) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423720253 9781423720256 9780195156799 019515679X 1280558903 9781280558900 |