This volume makes a splendid contribution to the field of gender and religious history, correctly marking the renewal of interest in religion within British social and cultural history that has been gradually evolving over the past decade. In a well-written and rightly focused introductory chapter, the editors supply a helpful examination of the developments which have brought historians “to think in more nuanced and judicious ways about the influence of religion in the formation of women’s private selves and public roles” (2).
Sue Morgan’s chapter discusses the absence of both religion and women in the history of sexuality. She debates the representation of the history of sexuality, with its predominant legal and medical-scientific focus,
Sue Morgan’s chapter discusses the absence of both religion and women in the history of sexuality. She debates the representation of the history of sexuality, with its predominant legal and medical-scientific focus,