The Schism of '68 Catholicism, Contraception and Humanae Vitae in Europe, 1945-1975 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Harris, Alana (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Genders and Sexualities in History
• Subjects: Europe-History-1492-.; Civilization-History.; Gender identity.; Religion-History.; Social history.; History of Modern Europe.; Cultural History.; Gender and Sexuality.; History of Religion.; Social History.

This volume explores the critical reactions and dissenting activism generated in the summer of 1968 when Pope Paul VI promulgated his much-anticipated and hugely divisive encyclical, Humanae Vitae, which banned the use of 'artificial contraception' by Catholics. Through comparative case st...