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Sacred rights : the case for contraception and abortion in world religions
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Sacred rights : the case for contraception and abortion in world religions

Author: Daniel C Maguire
Publisher: Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Daniel C Maguire
ISBN: 0195160002 9780195160000 0195160010 9780195160017
OCLC Number: 50080419
Description: viii, 295 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: "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.
Responsibility: edited by Daniel C. Maguire.
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This title presents the work of the "Sacred Choices Initiative" of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health, and Ethics.  Read more...

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... important in the continuing debate on abortion and family planning from the viewpoint of religion. The International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

 
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