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Sacred Rights Property of Oxford Universityess LIBRARY Not To Be Taken Away This page intentionally left blank Sacred Rights The Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions EDITED BY DANIEL C. MAGUIRE OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2OO3 OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sao Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto Copyright © 2003 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sacred rights: the case for contraception and abortion in world religions / edited by Daniel C. Maguire. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-516000-2—ISBN 0-19-516001-0 (pbk.) i. Birth control—Religious aspects. 2. Contraception—Religious aspects. 3. Abortion—Religious aspects. I. Maguire, Daniel C. HQ766.2.S23 2003 29i.5'66—dczi 2002008363 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 21 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Contents Contributors, vii Introduction, 3 DANIEL C. MAGUIRE 1. "Each One an Entire World": A Jewish Perspective on Family Planning, 21 LAURIE ZOLOTH 2. Contraception and Abortion in Roman Catholicism, 55 CHRISTINE E. GUDORF 3. Contraception and Abortion Within Protestant Christianity, 79 GLORIA H. ALBRECHT 4. Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Islam: Undertaking Khilafah, 105 SA'DIYYA SHAIKH 5. The Right to Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion: The Hindu View, 129 SANDHYA JAIN 6. The Right to Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Thai Buddhism, 145 PARICHART SUWANBUBBHA VI CONTENTS 7. Family Planning and Abortion: Cultural Norms Versus Actual Practices in Nigeria, 167 FUNMI TOGONU-BICKERSTETH 8. Reproductive Rites and Wrongs: Lessons from American Indian Religious Traditions, Historical Experience, and Contemporary Life, 175 MARY C. CHURCHILL 9. Heavenly Way and Humanly Doings: A Consideration of Chinese Man's Body Management During the Late Imperial Period, 199 PING-CHEN HSIUNG 10. Excess, Lack, and Harmony: Some Confucian and Taoist Approaches to Family Planning and Population Management—Tradition and the Modern Challenge, 217 GELING SHANG 11. Religion, State, and Population Growth, 237 ANRUDH JAIN 12. Reproduction and Sexuality in a Changing World: Reaching Consensus, 255 JOSE BARZELATTO AND ELIZABETH DAWSON Conclusion, 273 ARVIND SHARMA Appendix: Editor's Note on Japanese Buddhism, 285 DANIEL C. MAGUIRE Index, 289 Contributors Rev. Gloria H. Albrecht Ping-chen Hsiung Chair, Religious Studies Department Institute of Modern History University of Detroit Mercy Academia Sinica P.O. Box 19900 128 Yen-Chiu-Yuan Road, Section 2 Detroit, MI 48219-0900 Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China [email protected] Dr. Jose Barzelatto Center for Health and Social Policy Sandhya Jain 5800 Nicholson Lane #1201 300-SFS, DDA Flats Rockville, MD 20862-2964 Gulmohar Enclave j osebarzel @ aol. com New Delhi no 049 India [email protected] Marcy C. Churchill Anrudh Jain Women's Studies Senior Director of Policy Campus Box 246 and Regional Programs University of Colorado at Boulder The Population Council Boulder, CO 80309-0246 One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza [email protected] New York, NY 10017 [email protected] Christine Gudorf Daniel C. Maguire Florida International University Religious Consultation on Population, Department of Religious Studies Reproductive Health, and Ethics University Park 2717 East Hampshire Street Miami, FL 33199 Milwaukee, WI 53211 [email protected] consultation @ igc.org Vlll CONTRIBUTORS Geling Shang Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth Philosophy Department Department of Psychology Grand Valley State University Obafemi Awolowo University i Campus Drive lie Ife, Nigeria Allendale, MI 49401 [email protected] [email protected] Parichart Suwanbubbha Arvind Sharma Department of Humanities McGill University Faculty of Social Sciences Wm. and Henry Birks Bldg., Room 103 Mahidol University, Salaya 3520 University Street Nakornpathom, 73170 Thailand Montreal, Quebec [email protected] Canada H3A 2Ay cxlj @musica.mcgill,ca Laurie Zoloth Sa'diyya Shaikh Program in Jewish Studies Religious Studies Department College of Humanities University of Cape Town San Francisco State University Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700 1600 Holloway Ave. South Africa San Francisco, CA 94321 [email protected] [email protected] Sacred Rights
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