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“…Renato Pasta teaches Modern History at the School of Humanities and Education of the University of Florence. He deals with cultural and political history of the age of the Enlightenment and the history of printing between the eighteenth century and the Restoration. …”

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“…In the end, Unraveling Gender shows that what may seem like a new fad is actually the most recent manifestation of one of the oldest heresies in the Church’s history, one which is best refuted by the enduring beauty and clarity of her teaching about the body and the gift of sexuality.Drawing upon Scripture and Church teaching, this timely book equips parents, religious educators, and clergy with the information they need to confront this dangerous ideology with clarity, confidence, and charity. …”