Sacred Rights : the Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions

304 Pages·2011·16.46 MB·English

by  Daniel C Maguire

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Sacred Rights
The Case for Contraception and Abortion
in World Religions
EDITED BY DANIEL C. MAGUIRE

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Sacred rights: the case for contraception and abortion in
world religions / edited by Daniel C. Maguire.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-516000-2—ISBN 0-19-516001-0 (pbk.)
i. Birth control—Religious aspects. 2. Contraception—Religious
aspects. 3. Abortion—Religious aspects. I. Maguire, Daniel C.
HQ766.2.S23 2003
29i.5'66—dczi
2002008363

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Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
Contents
Contributors, vii
Introduction, 3
DANIEL C. MAGUIRE
1. "Each One an Entire World": A Jewish Perspective on
Family Planning, 21
LAURIE ZOLOTH
2. Contraception and Abortion in Roman Catholicism, 55
CHRISTINE E. GUDORF
3. Contraception and Abortion Within Protestant
Christianity, 79

GLORIA H. ALBRECHT
4. Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Islam:
Undertaking Khilafah, 105
SA'DIYYA SHAIKH
5. The Right to Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion:
The Hindu View, 129
SANDHYA JAIN
6. The Right to Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in
Thai Buddhism, 145
PARICHART SUWANBUBBHA
VI CONTENTS
7. Family Planning and Abortion: Cultural Norms Versus
Actual Practices in Nigeria, 167
FUNMI TOGONU-BICKERSTETH
8. Reproductive Rites and Wrongs: Lessons from American
Indian Religious Traditions, Historical Experience, and
Contemporary Life, 175
MARY C. CHURCHILL
9. Heavenly Way and Humanly Doings: A Consideration of Chinese
Man's Body Management During the Late Imperial Period, 199
PING-CHEN HSIUNG
10. Excess, Lack, and Harmony: Some Confucian and Taoist Approaches
to Family Planning and Population Management—Tradition and
the Modern Challenge, 217
GELING SHANG
11. Religion, State, and Population Growth, 237
ANRUDH JAIN
12. Reproduction and Sexuality in a Changing World: Reaching
Consensus, 255
JOSE BARZELATTO AND ELIZABETH DAWSON
Conclusion, 273
ARVIND SHARMA
Appendix: Editor's Note on Japanese Buddhism, 285
DANIEL C. MAGUIRE
Index, 289
Contributors
Rev. Gloria H. Albrecht Ping-chen Hsiung
Chair, Religious Studies Department Institute of Modern History
University of Detroit Mercy Academia Sinica
P.O. Box 19900 128 Yen-Chiu-Yuan Road, Section 2
Detroit, MI 48219-0900 Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan
Republic of China
[email protected]
Dr. Jose Barzelatto
Center for Health and Social Policy Sandhya Jain
5800 Nicholson Lane #1201 300-SFS, DDA Flats
Rockville, MD 20862-2964 Gulmohar Enclave
j osebarzel @ aol. com New Delhi no 049 India
[email protected]

Marcy C. Churchill Anrudh Jain
Women's Studies Senior Director of Policy
Campus Box 246 and Regional Programs
University of Colorado at Boulder The Population Council
Boulder, CO 80309-0246 One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
[email protected] New York, NY 10017
[email protected]
Christine Gudorf Daniel C. Maguire
Florida International University Religious Consultation on Population,
Department of Religious Studies Reproductive Health, and Ethics
University Park 2717 East Hampshire Street
Miami, FL 33199 Milwaukee, WI 53211
[email protected] consultation @ igc.org
Vlll CONTRIBUTORS
Geling Shang Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth
Philosophy Department Department of Psychology
Grand Valley State University Obafemi Awolowo University
i Campus Drive lie Ife, Nigeria
Allendale, MI 49401 [email protected]
[email protected]
Parichart Suwanbubbha
Arvind Sharma
Department of Humanities
McGill University
Faculty of Social Sciences
Wm. and Henry Birks Bldg., Room 103
Mahidol University, Salaya
3520 University Street
Nakornpathom, 73170 Thailand
Montreal, Quebec
[email protected]
Canada H3A 2Ay
cxlj @musica.mcgill,ca
Laurie Zoloth
Sa'diyya Shaikh Program in Jewish Studies
Religious Studies Department College of Humanities
University of Cape Town San Francisco State University
Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700 1600 Holloway Ave.
South Africa San Francisco, CA 94321
[email protected] [email protected]
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