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Author:

Leon, Sharon Mara, author.

Title:

An image of God : the Catholic struggle with eugenics / Sharon M. Leon.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

ix, 226 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Sterilization (Birth control)--Catholic Church.--Catholic Church.
Catholic Church--United States--History--20th century.
Eugenics--United States--History--20th century.
Eugenics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Religion and science--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.

Contents:

An image of God, not a mere animal: an introduction -- For the welfare of the race: the early clash over reproduction and community -- Cooperative clergy?: Catholics in the American Eugenics Society -- Practical means: Catholic strategies for protesting sterilization statutes -- Supreme authorities: Catholicism and eugenics beyond the borders -- The greatest obstacle: the growth of a confident opposition -- A great, popular, noncontroversial, and effective movement: struggling with the "New Eugenics."

ISBN:

9780226038988 (cloth : alkaline paper)
022603898X (cloth : alkaline paper)

LCCN:

2012037997

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)