T&T Clark Reader in Abortion and Religion

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE - In Their Own Words

Introduction to Part 1
'América Gonzalez', So Many Lives at Stake
Anonymous, In the Shade of Allah's Mercy
Kate Ott, Reproducing Justice
CoWanda Rusk, Christ Was There for Me During My Abortion
Rachael Pass, Lo Teivoshi, You Will Not Feel Ashamed
'Alex' (with Meera Shah), You're the Only One I've Told

PART TWO - Social Scientific Studies

Introduction to Part 2
M. Antonia Biggs, et al., Understanding Why Women Seek Abortions
Kate Cockrill and Adina Nack, 'I'm Not That Type of Person'
Jennifer Kerns, et al., Women's Decision Making Regarding Choice of Second Trimester Termination Method for Pregnancy Complications
Ellen Wiebe, et al., Muslim Women Having Abortions in Canada: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Experiences
Elly Teman, et al., Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women Navigating the Uncertainty of Pregnancy and Prenatal Diagnosis
Robert P. Jones, et al., The State of Abortion and Contraception Attitudes in All 50 States
John P. Bartkowski, et al., Faith, Race-Ethnicity, and Public Policy Preferences: Religious Schemas and Abortion Attitudes Among U.S. Latinos
Bohsiu Wu and Aya Kimura Ida, Ethnic Diversity, Religion, and Opinions toward Legalizing Abortion: The Case of Asian Americans

PART THREE - History and Context

Introduction to Part 3
A. James Murphy, Undesired Offspring and Child Endangerment in Jewish Antiquity
Beverly Wildung Harrison, Selected Early Catholic Teaching on Abortion
Zubin Mistry, Imagining Abortivi in the Early Middle Ages
Mohammed Ghaly, Pre-modern Islamic Medical Ethics and Graeco-Islamic-Jewish Embryology
Ignacio Castuera, Abortion and Law in the High Middle Ages
Kathryn Blanchard, Contraception in Protestant Theology
Dorothy E. Roberts, Reproduction in Bondage
Paul Saurette and Kelly Gordon, The AMA's Crusade Against Abortion
Loretta J. Ross, Reproductive Justice and Eugenics
D. Marie Ralstin-Lewis, The Continuing Struggle against Genocide: Indigenous Women's Reproductive Rights

PART FOUR - Religious Arguments about Abortion

Introduction to Part 4
Judaism
David Feldman, Abortion: The Jewish View
David Kraemer, Jewish Ethics and Abortion
Y. Michael Barilan, Her Pain Prevails and Her Judgement Respected--Abortion in Judaism
Dena S. Davis, Abortion in Jewish Thought
Christianity
Norman Ford, The Human Embryo as Person in Catholic Teaching
Jason T. Eberl, Aquinas's Account of Human Embryogenesis and Recent Interpretations
Roy Bowen Ward, The Use of the Bible in the Abortion Debate
C. Ben Mitchell, The Value of Every Human Life
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, For the Life of The World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church
Patricia Beattie Jung, Abortion and Organ Donation
Rebecca Todd Peters, Motherhood as Moral Choice
Margaret D. Kamitsuka, Contesting Abortion as Sin
Toni Bond, A Womanist Theo-Ethic of Reproductive Justice
Islam
Kiarash Aramesh, Shiite Perspective on the Moral Status of the Early Human Embryo
Abdulrahman Al-Matary & Jaffar Ali, Controversies and Considerations Regarding the Termination of Pregnancy for Foetal Anomalies in Islam
Marion Holmes Katz, Sufi Ethics: Legal Rulings in Religious Context
Sa'diyya Shaikh, Family Planning, Contraception and Abortion in Islam

PART FIVE - Abortion and Religion in Public Life

Introduction to Part 5
Doris Andrea Dirks and Patricia Relf, A History of the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion: The Counselors
Patricia Miller, The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church
Stacy A. Scaldo, Roe v. Wade: Setting the Stage for Pro-Choice Religion-Based Holdings
Rachel Kranson, The Women's League for Conservative Judaism and the Politics of Abortion, 1970-1982
Aaron Winter, Mainstream, Militant and Extremist Anti-Abortion Activism
Bryan M. Massingale, The Rhetoric of Slavery in the Pro-Life Discourse of U.S. Bishops
Ziad Munson, Framing Choice: CPCS [Crisis Pregnancy Centers] and the Co-optation of Freedom
Lori R. Freedman, et al., When There's a Heartbeat: Miscarriage Management in Catholic-owned Hospitals
Bernard G. Prusak, Double Effect, All Over Again: The Case of Sister Margaret McBride
Shyrissa Dobbins-Harris, The Myth of Abortion as Black Genocide
Monique Moultrie, #BlackBabiesMatter: Analyzing Black Religious Media in Conservative and Progressive Evangelical Communities
L. L.Wynn and Angel M. Foster, Muftis in the Matrix: Comparing Online English-and Arabic-Language Fatwas about Emergency Contraception

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