Sacred rights : the case for contraception and abortion in world religions / edited by Daniel C. Maguire.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maguire, Daniel C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birth control--Religious aspects.

Birth control.

Contraception--Religious aspects.

Contraception.

Abortion--Religious aspects.

Abortion.

Physical Description:

viii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Contents:

1. "Each One an Entire World": A Jewish Perspective on Family Planning / Laurie Zoloth 21

2. Contraception and Abortion in Roman Catholicism / Christine E. Gudorf 55

3. Contraception and Abortion Within Protestant Christianity / Gloria H. Albrecht 79

4. Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Islam: Undertaking Khilafah / Sa'Diyya Shaikh 105

5. The Right to Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion: The Hindu View / Sandhya Jain 129

6. The Right to Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Thai Buddhism / Parichart Suwanbubbha 145

7. Family Planning and Abortion: Cultural Norms Versus Actual Practices in Nigeria / Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth 167

8. Reproductive Rites and Wrongs: Lessons from American Indian Religious Traditions, Historical Experience, and Contemporary Life / Mary C. Churchill 175

9. Heavenly Way and Humanly Doings: A Consideration of Chinese Man's Body Management During the Late Imperial Period / Ping-Chen Hsiung 199

10. Excess, Lack, and Harmony: Some Confucian and Taoist Approaches to Family Planning and Population Management

Tradition and the Modern Challenge / Geling Shang 217

11. Religion, State, and Population Growth / Anrudh Jain 237

12. Reproduction and Sexuality in a Changing World: Reaching Consensus / Jose Barzelatto, Elizabeth Dawson 255

Appendix Editor's Note on Japanese Buddhism / Daniel C. Maguire 285.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195160002

0195160010

OCLC:

50080419