Sacred Rights: The Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195160010 ISBN 13: 9780195160017

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Many of the world's religions have a restrictive pro-natalist view on family planning. But as the essays in this volume demonstrate, this is not the only legitimate or orthodox view. Seeking to counteract the simplistic idea that all religions are antagonistic toward contraception and abortion, the authors--all members of the religions about which they write--present alternative interpretations of religions' views about family planning. Arguing for the existence of equally valid traditions that allow contraception and abortion, they avoid the oversimplified either/or, pro-choice/pro-life arguments, pointing the way toward a more open discussion of family planning.

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About the Author

Daniel C. Maguire is Professor of Religious Ethics at Marquette University and President of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics. Among his many published works are Death by Choice (1974, revised 1984); The Moral Choice (1978); A New American Justice (1980); The New Subversives: Anti-Americanism of the Religious Right (1982); The Moral Revolution (1986); On Moral Grounds: the Art-Science of Ethics (1991); and The Moral Core of Judaism and Christianity (1993).

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195160010
• ISBN 13: 9780195160017
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 295
• Editor: Maguire Daniel C.