Faith and fertility
Subtitle: attitudes towards reproductive practices in different religions from ancient to modern times
By: edited by Eric Blyth and Ruth Landau.
Contributors: Blyth, Eric.; Landau, Ruth, 1946-
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781843105350
Subjects: Human reproduction -- Religious aspects
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Ruth Landau and Eric Blyth; title: A Roman Catholic perspective on fertility issues : objective truths, moral absolutes, and the natural law / Jim Richards; title: Anglican faith and reasoning : wrestling with fertility issues / Phyllis Creighton; title: Islamic identity and the ethics of assisted reproduction / Mohammad Iqbal and Ray Noble; title: Hinduism and reproduction in contemporary India : vedic learnings / Gautam N. Allahbadia, Swati G. Allahbadia, and Sulbha Arora; title: Chinese traditional belief systems, livelihood, and fertility / Geok Ling Lee, Celia Hoi Yan Chan, Elizabeth Wai-Hing Choi Hui, and Cecilia Lai Wan Chan; title: Buddhist family values : fertility and technological intervention in the quest for enlightenment / Michael G. Barnhart; title: Broken calabashes : Yoruba traditional faith / Titilayo O. Aderibigbe; title: Give me children or else I am dead : Orthodox Jewish perspectives on fertility / Rabbi Gideon Weitzman; title: Faith and fertility in reform Jewish thought / Mark Washofsky.