Anthony M Petro

After the Wrath of God

Aids, Sexuality, & American Religion

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

After the Wrath of God is the first book to tell the story of American religion and the AIDS epidemic. Petro argues that AIDS effected a shift in Christian rhetoric regarding sexuality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780190064778
• ISBN-10: 0190064773
• Artikelnr.: 57062702

Autorenporträt

Anthony Petro is Assistant Professor of Religion and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Boston University.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Illustrations
* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* AIDS, Sexuality, and Moral Citizenship
* Chapter One
* Emerging Moralities: American Christians, Sexuality, and AIDS
* Chapter Two
* Governing Authority: The Surgeon General and the Moral Politics of
Public Health
* Chapter Three
* Ecclesiastical Authority: AIDS, Sexuality, and the American Catholic
Church
* Chapter Four
* Protest Religion!: ACT UP, Religious Freedom, and the Ethics of Sex
* Afterword
* Notes
* Selected Bibliography
* Index