Sex and the Church in the Long Eighteenth Century
Religion, Enlightenment and the Sexual Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23211575 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Gibson (0000-0002-3137-1096), Joanne Begiato (0000-0002-6192-0463) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Sex and the Church in the Long Eighteenth Century (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | I.B.Tauris (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9781350988002 |
| OpenAlex | W4253436481 |
| ISBN | 9781350988002 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The Long Eighteenth Century was the Age of Revolutions, including the first sexual revolution. In this era, sexual toleration began and there was a marked increase in the discussion of morality, extra-marital sex, pornography and same-sex relationships in both print and visual culture media. William Gibson and Joanne Begiato here consider the ways in which the Church of England dealt with sex and sexuality in this period. Despite the backdrop of an increasingly secularising society, religion continued to play a key role in politics, family life and wider society and the eighteenth-century Church was still therefore a considerable force, especially in questions of morality. This book integrates themes of gender and sexuality into a broader understanding of the Church of England in the eighteenth century. It shows that, rather than distancing itself from sex through diminishing teaching, regulation and punishment, the Church not only paid attention to it, but its
Human sexuality · Morality · Political science · Politics · Pornography · Sexual revolution · Sociology · Toleration · Gender Studies · History · Law · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |