Edmund Leites
Biographic Data
| ID | 5589995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edmund Leites |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edmund |
| FAMILY NAME | Leites |
| SIGNATURE | LEITES E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queens College, CUNY |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conscience and Casuistry in Early Modern Europe
The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality
Casuistry and character
As it was understood in medieval and early modern Europe, the study of ‘cases of conscience’ – what is today called ‘casuistry’ – was the resolution by expert minds of difficult moral cases. This was a form of analysis which received massive support from the Roman Catholic Church from the thirteenth century onwards. Numerous casuistical manuals were produced, often designed to aid the priest faced with the challenge of guiding the individuals who…
The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality
Journal Article The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality, by Edmund Leites. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986, xii + 196 pp. $17.50 Get access Martin Ingram Martin Ingram Queen's University of Belfast Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 1988, Pages 83–84, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711112 Published: 01 March 1988
Civilization East and West: A Memorial Volume for Benjamin Nelson
Sexuality and Religion in Anglo-American Culture
The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality
The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality
Examines the sexual ethics of the Puritans of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England and discusses the importance of marriage in Puritan morality
Civilizations East and West: A Memorial Volume for Benjamin Nelson
The Duty to Desire: Love, Friendship, and Sexuality in Some Puritan Theories of Marriage
Journal Article The Duty to Desire: Love, Friendship, and Sexuality in Some Puritan Theories of Marriage Get access Edmund Leites Edmund Leites Queens College, City University of New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 15, Issue 3, Spring 1982, Pages 383–408, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/15.3.383 Published: 01 March 1982
Good humor at home, good humor abroad: The intimacies of marriage and the civilities of social life in the ethic of Richard Steele
Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to o very dull ploy: The attractions of outonomy in the comedies of late seventeenth-century England
Asia in the Making of Europe. Vol. II, A Century of Wonder: Book Two, The Literary Arts, and Book Three, The Scholarly Disciplines. 2 vols
Donald Lach. Asia in the Making of Europe. Vol. II, A Century of Wonder: Book Two, The Literary Arts, and Book Three, The Scholarly Disciplines. 2 vols. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. 64 pls.+xxxiii+764 pp. $50. - Volume 32 Issue 4
Confucianism in Eighteenth-Century England: Natural Morality and Social Reform
Conscience, Leisure, and Learning: Locke and the Levellers
In 1962, C. B. Macpherson challenged conventional interpretations of the thought of both John Locke and the English Leveller movement of the 1640s. In the years since the publication of his book, his interpretations have received much acute criticism. Some critics have ably attacked his reading of John Locke; others, his view of the Leveller movement. But the doubtfulness of Macpherson's interpretation has not led his critics to seriously reexami…
Autonomy and the Rationalization of Moral Discourse
Journal Article Autonomy and the Rationalization of Moral Discourse Get access Edmund Leites Edmund Leites Queens College of the City University of New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 35, Issue 2, Summer 1974, Pages 95–101, https://doi.org/10.2307/3709741 Published: 01 July 1974
The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality
Examines the sexual ethics of the Puritans of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England and discusses the importance of marriage in Puritan morality
Good humor at home, good humor abroad: The intimacies of marriage and the civilities of social life in the ethic of Richard Steele
Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to o very dull ploy: The attractions of outonomy in the comedies of late seventeenth-century England
Asia in the Making of Europe. Vol. II, A Century of Wonder: Book Two, The Literary Arts, and Book Three, The Scholarly Disciplines. 2 vols
Donald Lach. Asia in the Making of Europe. Vol. II, A Century of Wonder: Book Two, The Literary Arts, and Book Three, The Scholarly Disciplines. 2 vols. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. 64 pls.+xxxiii+764 pp. $50. - Volume 32 Issue 4
Confucianism in Eighteenth-Century England: Natural Morality and Social Reform
Conscience, Leisure, and Learning: Locke and the Levellers
In 1962, C. B. Macpherson challenged conventional interpretations of the thought of both John Locke and the English Leveller movement of the 1640s. In the years since the publication of his book, his interpretations have received much acute criticism. Some critics have ably attacked his reading of John Locke; others, his view of the Leveller movement. But the doubtfulness of Macpherson's interpretation has not led his critics to seriously reexami…
Autonomy and the Rationalization of Moral Discourse
Journal Article Autonomy and the Rationalization of Moral Discourse Get access Edmund Leites Edmund Leites Queens College of the City University of New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 35, Issue 2, Summer 1974, Pages 95–101, https://doi.org/10.2307/3709741 Published: 01 July 1974
Confucianism in Eighteenth-Century England: Natural Morality and Social Reform
Conscience, Leisure, and Learning: Locke and the Levellers
In 1962, C. B. Macpherson challenged conventional interpretations of the thought of both John Locke and the English Leveller movement of the 1640s. In the years since the publication of his book, his interpretations have received much acute criticism. Some critics have ably attacked his reading of John Locke; others, his view of the Leveller movement. But the doubtfulness of Macpherson's interpretation has not led his critics to seriously reexami…
Asia in the Making of Europe. Vol. II, A Century of Wonder: Book Two, The Literary Arts, and Book Three, The Scholarly Disciplines. 2 vols
Donald Lach. Asia in the Making of Europe. Vol. II, A Century of Wonder: Book Two, The Literary Arts, and Book Three, The Scholarly Disciplines. 2 vols. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. 64 pls.+xxxiii+764 pp. $50. - Volume 32 Issue 4
Good humor at home, good humor abroad: The intimacies of marriage and the civilities of social life in the ethic of Richard Steele
Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to o very dull ploy: The attractions of outonomy in the comedies of late seventeenth-century England
The Duty to Desire: Love, Friendship, and Sexuality in Some Puritan Theories of Marriage
Journal Article The Duty to Desire: Love, Friendship, and Sexuality in Some Puritan Theories of Marriage Get access Edmund Leites Edmund Leites Queens College, City University of New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 15, Issue 3, Spring 1982, Pages 383–408, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/15.3.383 Published: 01 March 1982
The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality
The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality
Examines the sexual ethics of the Puritans of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England and discusses the importance of marriage in Puritan morality
Civilizations East and West: A Memorial Volume for Benjamin Nelson
Casuistry and character
As it was understood in medieval and early modern Europe, the study of ‘cases of conscience’ – what is today called ‘casuistry’ – was the resolution by expert minds of difficult moral cases. This was a form of analysis which received massive support from the Roman Catholic Church from the thirteenth century onwards. Numerous casuistical manuals were produced, often designed to aid the priest faced with the challenge of guiding the individuals who…
The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality
Journal Article The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality, by Edmund Leites. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986, xii + 196 pp. $17.50 Get access Martin Ingram Martin Ingram Queen's University of Belfast Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 1988, Pages 83–84, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711112 Published: 01 March 1988
Civilization East and West: A Memorial Volume for Benjamin Nelson
Sexuality and Religion in Anglo-American Culture
The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality
Conscience and Casuistry in Early Modern Europe
Philosophy (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · History (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Conscience (6 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Human sexuality (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works)