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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Main Author: Rosen, Christine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.