The Pope and the Pill

Sex, Catholicism and Women in Post-War England

David Geiringer

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English

Manchester University Press
16 October 2019

European history; Christianity; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships

Series: Manchester University Press

This book is about the sexual and religious lives of Catholic women in post-war England. It uses original oral history material to uncover the way Catholic women negotiated spiritual and sexual demands at a moment when the two increasingly seemed at odds with each other. It also examines the public pronouncements and secretive internal documents of the central Catholic Church, offering a ground-breaking new explanation of the Pope's decision to prohibit the Pill in 1968. The material gathered here offers a fresh perspective on the idea that 'sex killed God', reframing dominant approaches to the histories of sex, religion and social change. The book will be essential reading not only for scholars of sexuality, religion, gender and oral history, but anyone interested in social and cultural change more broadly. -- .

By: David Geiringer
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 417g
ISBN: 9781526138385
ISBN 10: 1526138387
Series: Manchester University Press
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 16 October 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Geiringer is Associate Lecturer in Contemporary History at Queen Mary University of London

Reviews for The Pope and the Pill: Sex, Catholicism and Women in Post-War England

'This is a pathbreaking book, packed with powerful, poignant and highly personal testimonies from Catholic women negotiating Vatican teaching - and their own experiences - of sex, marriage and embodiment across the lifecycle. Geiringer deftly demonstrates the ways in which these subjective renegotiations of the relationship between sex and religion from the 1960s onwards have critical implications for wider understandings of post-war Britain. A compelling read.' Alana Harris, Lecturer in Modern British History, King's College London -- .