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Be Fruitful and Multiply: Eugenics and Other Anglican Efforts to Control Fertility in Interwar England

Autor Andrew Moeller
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 dec 2026 – vârsta ani
Be Fruitful and Multiply examines the moral justification offered by Anglican leaders for their support for eugenic, pronatalist, and neo-Malthusian schemes in the United Kingdom during the interwar period. These religious leaders often comprehended their efforts to control fertility within the context of a broader struggle over competing conceptions of human purpose in English society, and regularly justified their efforts on the grounds that fertility-manipulation schemes served to align procreative behaviors with “Christian” conceptions of human purpose. The shared moral logic of Anglican leaders helps to explain the pervasive interest in birthrate patterns, along with the enduring appeal of fertility-manipulation schemes, amongst middle- and upper-classes during the first half of the twentieth century. This book also sheds light on how population concerns led to the liberalization of church positions on marriage and sexuality, and illuminates how Anglican leaders sought to maintain moral influence in the face of the perceived large-scale rejection of Christian moral teachings.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781978845688
ISBN-10: 1978845685
Pagini: 230
Ilustrații: 1 B-W image
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press

Notă biografică

ANDREW MOELLER is a hosted research fellow at the Uehiro Oxford Institute and an associate member of the History Faculty at The University of Oxford, England. He is also the leader of a research project entitled “Biotechnology and the Humanities,” based within the Medical Humanities Research Hub at Oxford.
 

Cuprins

Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1: Shepherds of Sexual Morals, Family Life, and National Interests, 1916-1920
2: Declining Birthrates and a Declining Church, 1920-1930
3: Birth Control as Charity: Fertility, Class, and Flourishing at the 1930 Lambeth Conference
4: A Divine Narrative of Exclusion: The ‘Will of God’ and the Eradication of the ‘Mentally Unfit,’ 1929-1935
5: Parenthood as Penitence: Depopulation Panic and a ‘Broken’ Social Order, 1936-1941
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes
Index

Recenzii

"Moeller’s examination of the theologically-driven interests of Anglican leaders in birth rates and reproduction is an original and persuasive analysis of the moral backdrop that fueled the varied positions adopted by Church leaders in the mid-twentieth century. It’s an intriguing and thoughtful contribution that deserves a wide audience."

"This is the authoritative treatment of how the leaders of the Anglican Church in England expressed concerns about fertility, reproduction, family size, and demographic decline during the interwar period. Many of them also entertained eugenic and racial ideas. With the current resurgence of pronatalist eugenics across the Western world, understanding these interwar debates on population and their legacy is more relevant today than ever before."

"This book provides the first full-length account of the prominent role played by Church of England leaders in national debates about fertility and the birthrate in interwar Britain. Driven by anxieties about the future of the British Empire, the middle classes, and the national church, some senior Anglicans led eugenic and pronatalist campaigns. At the same time, the Church broke with tradition by sanctioning the use of contraception for married couples. This fascinating volume will be invaluable for historians of science, sexuality, race, and religion."

Descriere

Be Fruitful and Multiply explores how Anglican leaders justified support for eugenic, pronatalist, and neo-Malthusian schemes between the world wars. It explores how population concerns contributed to the liberalization of church views on marriage and sexuality, and how Anglican leaders responded to a perceived decline in their own moral authority.