{"product_id":"9781784533779","title":"Sex and the Church in the Long Eighteenth Century : Religion, Enlightenment and the Sexual Revolution","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSex and the Church in the Long Eighteenth Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): William Gibson, Joanne Begiato\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. \u003cb\u003eWilliam Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJoanne Begiato\u003c\/b\u003e 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 attitudes to sex and sexuality were at the core of society's reactions to the first sexual revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The authors have amassed a great deal of evidence that provides fascinating insights into how people throughout the long eighteenth century understood sexuality, and experienced different sexual behaviours. The book eloquently argues that a monolithic narrative that foregrounds the Enlightenment as the agent for increasingly liberal and secular understandings of sexuality is misleading. Rather, the sexual experiences of men and women across the eighteenth-century provoked contradictions, required critique and were, above all else, exceedingly varied.” —\u003ci\u003eJournal of Ecclesiastical History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Richly and convincingly substantiated ... A volume that should be on the bookshelves of all serious students of eighteenthcentury British history.” —\u003ci\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781784533779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40690315428046,"sku":"9781784533779","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_2a0f2632-627c-426f-b512-ced68a9941fb.jpg?v=1640410636","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781784533779","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}