Adam and Eve After the Pill by Mary Eberstadt

In a moment when millions wonder whether the Catholic Church will retreat from age-old moral teachings, this book demands to be put at the center of discussion. Celebrated author Mary Eberstadt continues her ground-breaking examination of the legacy of the sexual revolution. The book’s section on the revolution’s infiltration of the churches is must-reading for anyone concerned about the fate of Western Christianity. The result is an indictment of the turn taken by much of the world following the post-1960s embrace of contraception and the stigmatization of traditional morality. The book also traces the dissolution of the home to signature developments in Western politics, especially the increase in acrimony, polarization, street violence, and identity politics. Empathetic yet precise, she connects the dots between shrinking, broken families and rising sexual confusion, seen most recently in transgenderism and related phenomena. With unflinching logic, Eberstadt summarizes the toll on Western society of today’s fractured homes, feral children, and social isolates. Post-revolution, the route to fulfillment and joy has become.

Eberstadt says: The differences between men and women, the meaning of marriage, the sanctity of motherhood and fatherhood: more and more people lack the vocabulary for such foundational concepts. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Mary Eberstadt’s ‘Adam and Eve after The Pill Revisited’. It also includes an analysis of the recent U.S. For your long-term convenience, follow us on SoundCloud or subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher. This follow-on book investigates the revolution’s macrocosmic transformations in three spheres: society, politics, and Christianity. Mary Eberstadt joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Adam and Eve after the Pill, Revisited. The book’s predecessor, Adam and Eve after the Pill (2012), dissected the revolution’s microcosmic fallout via its empirical effects on the lives of men, women, and children.

Featuring Mary Eberstadt, Author and Francis X Maier Schedule:Ĭelebrated author Mary Eberstadt continues her ground-breaking examination of the legacy of the sexual revolution.

Adam and Eve After the Pill by Mary Eberstadt