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

As the global population continues to grow, family planning is fast becoming one of the most critical issues facing the planet. While many organizations--most prominently the United Nations--are trying to implement policies that will help curb the population explosion, these measures are frequently...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Maguire, Daniel C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Temas:
Birth control > Religious aspects.
Contraception > Religious aspects.
Abortion > Religious aspects.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Religion and Medicine
Abortion, Induced > ethics
Régulation des naissances > Aspect religieux.
Contraception > Aspect religieux.
Avortement > Aspect religieux.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Medicine > Religious aspects
Abortion > Religious aspects
Birth control > Religious aspects
Contraception > Religious aspects
Geburtenregelung
Religion
Aufsatzsammlung
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Bevolkingsgroei.
Anticonceptiva.
Abortus provocatus.
Religieuze aspecten.
Anticoncepção (aspectos religiosos)
Aborto (aspectos religiosos)
Planejamento familiar (serviços)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. "Each One an Entire World": A Jewish Perspective on Family Planning; 2. Contraception and Abortion in Roman Catholicism; 3. Contraception and Abortion Within Protestant Christianity; 4. Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Islam: Undertaking Khilafah; 5. The Right to Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion: The Hindu View; 6. The Right to Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Thai Buddhism; 7. Family Planning and Abortion: Cultural Norms Versus Actual Practices in Nigeria.
  • 8. Reproductive Rites and Wrongs: Lessons from American Indian Religious Traditions, Historical Experience, and Contemporary Life9. Heavenly Way and Humanly Doings: A Consideration of Chinese Man's Body Management During the Late Imperial Period; 10. Excess, Lack, and Harmony: Some Confucian and Taoist Approaches to Family Planning and Population Management--Tradition and the Modern Challenge; 11. Religion, State, and Population Growth; 12. Reproduction and Sexua.

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