What is the nationality of the author of Preservative against Popery?
Preservative against Popery Preservative against Popery (also "Preservation against Popery") is a name commonly given to a collection of anti-Catholic works published in 1738 by Edmund Gibson. It drew largely on the literature of the "Romish Controversy" of the 1680s, in which Church of England controversialists made a case against what they saw as a present threat from Catholicism. The original edition was in three folio volumes.
Frances Kissling Frances Kissling (born 1943) is a scholar and activist in the fields of religion, reproduction and women's rights. She was President of Catholics for a Free Choice (founded 1973) from 1982 until 2007 when she turned over the reins to Jon O’Brien. She is now a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. She regularly contributes pieces to "The Nation" and "The Huffington Post". She contributed the piece "Dancing Against the Vatican" to the 2003 anthology "", edited by Robin Morgan.