Faith and fertility
attitudes towards reproductive practices in different religions from ancient to modern times
Blyth, Eric.
Landau, Ruth
1946-
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Electronic books.
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London
Philadelphia
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
2009
monographic
eng
256 p. ; 23 cm.
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.
edited by Eric Blyth and Ruth Landau ; foreword by Richard Harries.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
Human reproduction
Religious aspects
Fertility
ethics
Religion
Reproductive Techniques
ethics
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Culture
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
QP251 .F35 2009eb
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(DLC) 2009012311
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