Faith and fertility
Faith and fertility attitudes towards reproductive practices in different religions from ancient to modern times / [electronic resource] :
edited by Eric Blyth and Ruth Landau ; foreword by Richard Harries.
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
- 256 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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 / Rabbi Gideon Weitzman -- Faith and fertility in reform Jewish thought / Mark Washofsky.
Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
9781846429590 (electronic bk.) 1846429595 (electronic bk.)
Human reproduction--Religious aspects.
Fertility--ethics.
Religion.
Reproductive Techniques--ethics.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Culture.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
Electronic books.
QP251 / .F35 2009eb
612.6
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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 / Rabbi Gideon Weitzman -- Faith and fertility in reform Jewish thought / Mark Washofsky.
Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
9781846429590 (electronic bk.) 1846429595 (electronic bk.)
Human reproduction--Religious aspects.
Fertility--ethics.
Religion.
Reproductive Techniques--ethics.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Culture.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
Electronic books.
QP251 / .F35 2009eb
612.6
