Faith and fertility : attitudes towards reproductive practices in different religions from ancient to modern times

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Faith and fertility : attitudes towards reproductive practices in different religions from ancient to modern times

edited by Eric Blyth and Ruth Landau ; foreword by Richard Harries

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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  • Introduction / Ruth Landau and Eric Blyth
  • A Roman Catholic perspective on fertility issues : objective truths, moral absolutes and the natural law / Jim Richards
  • Anglican faith and reasoning : wrestling with fertility issues / Phyllis Creighton
  • Islamic identity and the ethics of assisted reproduction / Mohammad Iqbal and Ray Noble
  • Hinduism and reproduction in contemporary India : vedic learnings / Gautam N. Allahbadia, Swati G. Allahbadia and Sulbha Arora
  • Chinese traditional belief systems, livelihood, and fertility / Geok Ling Lee, Celia Hoi Yan Chan, Elizabeth Wai-Hing Choi Hui, and Cecilia Lai Wan Chan
  • Buddhist family values : fertility and technological intervention in the quest for enlightenment / Michael G. Barnhart
  • 'Broken calabashes' : Yoruba traditional faith / Titilayo O. Aderibigbe
  • 'Give me children or else I am dead' : Orthodox Jewish perspectives on fertility / Gideon Weitzman
  • Faith and fertility in reform Jewish thought / Mark Washofsky

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