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The Oxford Handbook of Religious Perspectives on Reproductive Ethics is a pioneering, cutting-edge compilation of analysis and reflection on the ethics of reproductive technology, from Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, and Islamic perspectives.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Dena S. Davis
- The Abrahamic Religious Traditions
- Chapter One
- Jewish Ethics: Theological Foundations, Classical Sources, Hermeneutical Challenges
- Louis E. Newman
- Chapter Two
- Sources of Catholic Moral Theology
- Dolores L. Christie
- Chapter Three
- Protestant Sources of Moral Knowledge
- Karen L. Lebacqz
- Chapter Four
- Muslim Reproductive Ethics: Sources and Methodology
- Abdulaziz Sachedina
- Chapter Five
- The Role of Authority in Understanding Religious Ethics
- Dena S. Davis
- Chapter Six
- Natural Law and Reproductive Ethics
- Bethany Kieran Haile
- The Ethics of Being a Parent
- Chapter Seven
- Beyond the First Commandment: Procreation and Parenting in Judaism
- Seth Goren
- Chapter Eight
- Catholic Theology of Parenthood
- Ann Swaner
- Chapter Nine
- Protestant Perspectives on Procreation and Parenting
- Joel James Shuman
- Chapter Ten
- Children and Parents in the Qur'an and Premodern Islamic Jurisprudence
- Janan Delgado and Celene Ibrahim
- Chapter Eleven
- Religious Perspectives on Gay Parenting
- Brett Krutzsch
- Chapter Twelve
- Religious Perspectives on Population Justice
- Daniel C. Maguire
- Different Ways of Making Families
- Chapter Thirteen
- Adoption, Personal Status, and Jewish Law
- Michael J. Broyde
- Chapter Fourteen
- Islamic Perspectives on Adoption
- Faisal Kutty
- Chapter Fifteen
- Adopting Embryos
- John Berkman
- Chapter Sixteen
- Biblical Contexts for Adoption and Surrogacy
- David M. Smolin
- Chapter Seventeen
- Jewish Perspectives on Gamete Use, Donation, and Surrogacy
- Elliot N. Dorff
- Chapter Eighteen
- Islamic Perspectives on Gamete Donation and Surrogacy
- Ayman Shabana
- Contraception and Abortion
- Chapter Nineteen
- Be Fruitful and Multiply...Except...: Contraception in Judaism: Balancing Competing Values
- Michal Raucher
- Chapter Twenty
- Catholic Teaching on Contraception: An Unsettled Business?
- Aline H. Kalbian
- Chapter Twenty-One
- Contraception: Protestant Evangelical Perspectives
- David Fletcher
- Chapter Twenty-Two
- Abortion in the Jewish Tradition of Religious Humanism
- Noam Zohar
- Chapter Twenty-Three
- The Roman Catholic Position on Abortion
- Patrick Lee
- Chapter Twenty-Four
- Why Protestants Should Stop Talking (or at Least Talk Less) about Abortion
- Kathryn D. Blanchard
- Chapter Twenty-Five
- Islamic Perspectives on Abortion
- Thomas Eich
- Chapter Twenty-Six
- Public Opinion and Attitudes toward Abortion: Patterns Across Religious Traditions
- Ted G. Jelen
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Chapter Twenty-Seven
- Pregnancy and Piety: The Situated Ethics of Prenatal Diagnostic Technologies for Ultra-
- Orthodox Jewish Women
- Elly Teman and Tsipy Ivry
- Chapter Twenty-Eight
- Christian Perspectives on Prenatal Diagnosis
- Karen Peterson-Iyer
- Chapter Twenty-Nine
- Evangelical Perspectives on Prenatal Testing
- Paige Cunningham
About the author
Dena S. Davis has a Ph.D. from University of Iowa (Religion) and a JD from University of Virginia. After teaching for over two decades at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, she now holds the Presidential Chair in Health (Humanities/Social Sciences) at Lehigh University. She has been a visiting scholar at Arizona State University; the Hastings Center; the Brocher Foundation; and the National Institutes of Health. She has been a Fulbright Scholar in India, Israel, Indonesia, Italy, and Sweden.
Summary
The Oxford Handbook of Religious Perspectives on Reproductive Ethics is a pioneering, cutting-edge compilation of analysis and reflection on the ethics of reproductive technology, from Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, and Islamic perspectives.
