Birth Control Battles: How Race and Class Divided American Religion

Abstract

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. From Abolition to Eugenics -- 1. American Religious Activism in the Twentieth Century -- 2. Mobilizing America's Religious Elite in the Service of Eugenics -- PART II. Liberalization, 1929-1931 -- 3. The Early Liberalizers: "The Church Has a Responsibility for the Improvement of the Human Stock" -- 4. The Supporters: "God Needed the White Anglo-Saxon Race" -- 5. The Critics: "Atlanta Does Not Believe in Race Suicide" -- 6. The Silent Groups: "Let the Christian Get Away from Heredity" -- PART III. From Legality to the Pill, 1935-1965 -- 7. The Religious Promoters of Contraception: Remaining Focused on Other People's Fertility -- 8. The Forgotten Half: America's Reluctant Contraceptive Converts -- Conclusion: A Century Later -- Notes -- References -- Index