Description: These readings present the complicated and multifaceted reality of abortion as addressed by the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions.
Brief description: Rebecca Todd Petersis Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University, USA.
Review Quotes:
"The anthology provides a detailed, scholarly, and entertaining overview of the relationship between abortion and religion in the US context. It is characterized by a variety of historical, sociological, and theological approaches and "ideological" perspectives that allow for a differentiated view of the phenomenon." --Marriage, Families & Spirituality
"Peters and Kamitsuka have produced this valuable text which provides an evidence-based overview of various social, political, legal and religious dimensions of abortion ... Excellent and well-documented." --The Muslim World Book Review "This is a thoughtful, wide-ranging introduction to some of the central literature on abortion in a diverse range of religious traditions. It presents a careful, scholarly, and deeply felt account of the complex and contradictory ethical appeals that surround one of the most fiercely debated issues in American political life. The authors and editors allow the reader to listen closely to a variety of arguments and to explore the terrain of the debate and its vast traditional and contemporary literature. I can think of no better guides." --Laurie Zoloth, The University of Chicago, USA "In this timely collection of essays-some new, some classic-feminist religious ethicists Margaret Kamitsuka and Rebecca Todd Peters expand Muslim, Jewish, and Christian ethics of pregnancy and its termination beyond the pages of religious texts to the lives of pregnant people as they unfold in very different historical, cultural, and religious settings. The stunning variety of disciplinary perspectives and the editors' careful contextualizations make this rich volume indispensable for everyone who wants to reflect on religious responses to pregnancy and abortion in all of their moral complexity." --Cristina L.H. Traina, Fordham University, USA "Nuanced, focused, and wide-ranging, this volume could not have been put together at a better time or by more qualified editors. It is an essential tool for religious advocates and their allies in the ongoing struggle for reproductive justice. I will certainly use and teach it." --Juliane Hammer, UNC Chapel Hill, USA