T&T Clark reader in abortion and religion : Jewish, Christian, and Muslim perspectives /
Reader in abortion and religion.
edited by Rebecca Todd Peters and Margaret D. Kamitsuka.
- xv, 452 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART 1: IN THEIR OWN WORDS -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1 So many lives at stake / "America Gonzalez" -- 2 In the shade of Allah's mercy / Anonymous -- 3 Reproducing justice / Kate Ott -- 4 Christ was there for me during my abortion / CoWanda Rusk -- 5 Lo Teivoshi, you will not feel ashamed / Rachael Pass -- 6 You're the only one I've told / "Alex" (with Meera Shah) -- PART 2: SOCIAL-SCIENTIFIC STUDIES -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 7 Understanding why women seek abortions in the United States / M. Antonia Biggs, Heather Gould, and Diana Greene Foster -- 8 "I'm not that type of person": managing the stigma of having an abortion / Kate Cockrill and Adina Nack -- 9 Women's decision making regarding choice of second trimester termination method for pregnancy complications / Jennifer Kerns, Rachna Vanjani, Lori Freedman, Karen Meckstroth, Eleanor A. Drey, and Jody Steinauer -- 10 Muslim women having abortions in Canada: attitudes, beliefs, and experiences / Ellen Wiebe, Roya Najafi, Naghma Soheil, and Alya Kamani -- 11 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women navigating the uncertainty of pregnancy and prenatal diagnosis / Elly Teman, Tsipy Ivry, and Barbara A. Bernhardt -- 12 The state of abortion and contraception attitudes in all 50 states / Rober P. Jones, Natalie Jackson, Maxine Najle, Oyindamola Bola, and Daniel Greenberg -- 13 Faith, race-ethnicity, and public policy preferences: religious schemas and abortion attitudes among US Latinos / John P. Bartkowski, Aida I. Ramos-Wada, Chris G. Ellison, and Gabriel A.Acevedo -- 14 Ethnic diversity, religion, and opinions toward legalizing abortion: the case of Asian Americans / Bohsiu Wu and Aya Kimura Ida -- PART 3: HISTORY AND CONTEXT -- Introduction to Part 3 -- 15 Undesired offspring and child endangerment in Jewish antiquity / A. James Murphy -- 16 Selected early Catholic cteaching on abortion / Beverly Wildung Harrison -- 17 Imagining Abortivi in the Early Middle Ages / Zubin Mistry -- 18 Pre-modern Islamic medical ethics and Graeco-Islamic-Jewish embryology / Mohammed Ghaly -- 19 Abortion and law in the High Middle Ages / Ignacio Castuera -- 20 Contraception in Protestant theology: a brief and incomplete history / Kathryn D. Blanchard -- 21 Reproduction in bondage / Dorothy Roberts -- 22 The AMA's crusade against abortion / Paul Saurette and Kelly Gordon -- 23 Reproductive justice and eugenics / Loretta J. Ross -- 24 The continuing struggle against genocide: Indigenous women's reproductive rights / D. Marie Ralstin-Lewis -- PART 4: RELIGIOUS AARGUMENTS ABOUT ABORTION -- Introduction to Part 4 -- JUDAISIM -- 25 Abortion: the Jewish view / David M. Feldman -- 26 Jewish ethics and abortion / David Kraemer -- 27 Her pain prevails and her judgment respected -- abortion in Judaism / Y. Michael Barilan -- 28 Abortion in Jewish thought: a study in casuistry / Dena S. Davis -- CHRISTIANITY -- 29 The human embryo as person in Catholic teaching / Norman Ford -- 30 Aquinas's account of human embryogenesis and recent interpretations / Jason T. Eberl -- 31 The use of the Bible in the abortion debate / Roy Bowen Ward -- 32 The value of every human life / C. Ben Mitchell -- 33 For the life of the world: toward a social ethos of the Orthodox church / Greek Orthodox Archiocese of America -- 34 Abortion and organ donation: Christian reflections on bodily life support / Patricia Beattie Jung -- 35 Motherhood as moral choice / Rebecca Todd Peters -- 36 Contesting abortion as sin / Margaret D. Kamitsuka -- 37 A womanist theo-ethic of reproductive justice / Toni M. Bond -- ISLAM -- 38 Shiite perspective on the moral status of the early human embryo / Kiarash Aramesh -- 39 Controversies and considerations regarding the termination of pregnancy for foetal anomalies in Islam / Abdulrahman Al-Matary and Jaffar Ali -- 40 Sufi ethics: legal rulings in religious context / Marion Holmes Katz -- 41 Family planning, contraception, and abortion in Islam / Sa'diyya Shaikh -- PART 5: ABORTION AND RELIGION IN PUBLIC LIFE -- Introduction to Part 5 -- 42 -- A history of the clergy consultation service on abortion: the counselors / Doris Andrea Dirks and Patricia A. Relf -- 43 The battle over abortion in the Catholic Church / Patricia Miller -- 44 Roe v. Wade: setting the stage for pro-choice religion-based holdings / Stacy A. Scaldo -- 45 The women's league for conservative Judaism and the politics of abortion, 1970-82 / Rachel Kranson -- 46 Mainstream, militant, and extremist antiabortion activism / Aaron Winter -- 47 The rhetoric of slavery in the pro-life sicourse of US Bishops / Bryan N. Massingale -- 48 Framing choice: CPCs [Crisis Pregnancy Centers] and the co-optation of freedom / Ziad Munson -- 49 When there's a heartbeat: miscarriage management in Catholic-owned hospitals / Lori R. Freedman, Uta Landy, and Jody Steinauer -- 50 Double effect, all over again: the case of Sister Margart McBride / Bernard G. Prusak -- 51 The myth of abortion as Black genocide / Shyrissa Dobbins-Harris -- 52 #BlackBabiesM.
"This volume introduces students to the history of cultural and theological responses to abortion as background for understanding a diversity of ethical positions in contemporary Christian, Jewish, and Muslim writings. Politicized debates about abortion are often presented in terms of a binary rhetoric of prolife versus prochoice; however, this collection of essays shows how that binary often breaks down when abortion is seen from different religious perspectives and in light of the voices of women themselves. While abortion is a global phenomenon, this volume focuses on the U.S. context. American abortion politics and culture wars have been dominated by Christian voices; nevertheless, Jewish and Muslim abortion ethics engage many of the same issues from different cultural and religious perspectives. Finally, this volume presents important examples of recent social scientific studies about the relationship of religion and abortion in the diverse cultural, racial, and economic fabric of American society. Pedagogical features include: - boxed text sections with primary sources - introductions to each part of the book - questions for a discussion - key terms in bold"--