Devotions and Desires: Histories of Sexuality and Religion in the Twentieth Century United States

By Heather R. White *07, Gillian Frank , and Bethany Moreton

Published March 7, 2018

Gillian Frank, a visiting fellow studying religion at Princeton, Bethany Moreton, and Heather R. White *07 discuss the history of sex and religion during the last century in the United States. Instead of the two battling each other continually, religion has shaped American culture around sexuality in areas like polyamory, pornography, and birth control.

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