Imagining the fetus
Subtitle: the unborn in myth, religion, and culture
By: edited by Jane Marie Law and Vanessa R. Sasson.
Contributors: Law, Jane Marie.; Sasson, Vanessa R.
Series: American Academy of Religion religion and culture series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780195380040; 9780195380057
Subjects: Fetus -- Religious aspects; Theological anthropology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Restoring nuance to the imagination of the fetus; title: The Hindu story of Samkarsana's and K.R.S.Na's births : a drama involving embryos; title: The great men of Jainism in utero; title: A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences; title: Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture & classical Indian medical literature; title: Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus; title: Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation; title: Feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in sikhism; title: Embryology in the ancient Near East; title: Famous fetuses in Rabbinic literature; title: The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature; title: A prophet emerging : fetal narratives in Islamic literature; title: The colossal fetuses of la venta and mesoamerica' earliest creation story; title: Out of place : fetal references in Japanese mythology and cultural memory.