the case for contraception and abortion in world religions /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Daniel C. Maguire
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 295 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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"Each one an entire world": a Jewish perspective on family planning / Laurie Zoloth -- Contraception and abortion in Roman Catholicism / Christine E. Gudorf -- Contraception and abortion within protestant Christianity / Gloria H. Albrecht -- Family planning, contraception, and abortion in Islam: undertaking Khilafah / Sa'diyya Shaikh -- The right to family planning, contraception, and abortion: the Hindu view / Sandhya Jain -- The right to family planning, contraception, and abortion in Thai Buddhism / Parichart Suwanbubbha -- Family Planning and abortion: cultural norms versus actual practices in Nigeria / Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth -- Reproductive rites and wrongs: lessons from American Indian religious traditions, historical experience, and contemporary life / Mary C. Churchill -- Heavenly way and humanly doings: a consideration of Chinese man's body management during the late imperial period / Ping-Chen Hsiung -- Excess, lack, and harmony: some Confucian and Taoist approaches to family planning and population management-tradition and the modern challenge / Geling Shang -- Religion, state, and population growth / Anrudh Jain -- Reproduction and sexuality in a changing world: reaching consensus / Jose Barzelatto and Elizabeth Dawson
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Contains twelve essays in which religious scholars examine the issues of contraception and abortion as seen from various faith traditions, and present alternative interpretations of restrictive views on family planning