TY - BOOK ID - 6848768 TI - Sacred rights : the case for contraception and abortion in world religions PY - 2003 SN - 0195160010 0199849617 128070408X 9786610704088 0195347811 0195160002 9780195160017 PB - Oxford Oxford university press DB - UniCat KW - Birth control KW - Contraception KW - Abortion KW - Religious aspects KW - 291.5 KW - 241.633 KW - -Contraception KW - -Abortion KW - -anticonceptie (voorbehoedsmiddelen, contraceptie, geboortecontrole) KW - abortus (vrijwillige zwangerschapsafbreking) KW - godsdienst (religie, religieuze aspecten) KW - Abortion, Induced KW - Feticide KW - Foeticide KW - Induced abortion KW - Pregnancy termination KW - Termination of pregnancy KW - Fetal death KW - Obstetrics KW - Reproductive rights KW - Conception KW - Population control KW - Pregnancy KW - Family planning KW - Godsdienstwetenschap: moraal; religieuze wet; zedelijk ideaal; religieuze plichten KW - Theologische ethiek: abortus KW - contraception (contrôle des naissances) KW - avortement (interruption volontaire de grossesse, IVG) KW - religion (aspects religieux) KW - Surgery KW - Prevention KW - 241.633 Theologische ethiek: abortus KW - 291.5 Godsdienstwetenschap: moraal; religieuze wet; zedelijk ideaal; religieuze plichten KW - anticonceptie (voorbehoedsmiddelen, contraceptie, geboortecontrole) KW - Moral and religious aspects KW - Birth control - Religious aspects KW - Contraception - Religious aspects KW - Abortion - Religious aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6848768 AB - This title presents the work of the "Sacred Choices Initiative" of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health, and Ethics.As the global population continues to grow, family planning is fast becoming one of the most critical issues facing the planet. While many organizations-most prominently the United Nations-are trying to implement policies that will help curb the population explosion, these measures are frequently blocked by those professing conservative religious beliefs.L In many of the world's religions there is a restrictive and pro-natalist view on family planning, and this is one legitimate reading of those religious traditions. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, however, this is not the only legitimate or orthodox view. Seeking to counteract the simplistic idea that all religions are completely antagonistic toward family planning, the authors-all scholar-practitioners of the religions about which they write-present alternative interpretations of religions' views about family planning. Arguing for the existence of equally valid traditions that allow contraception and abortion, they seek to escape the confines of oversimplified either/or, pro-choice/pro-life arguments. Instead, they point the way forward toward a more open discussion of family planning.LDispelling the notion that the world's religions are uniformly conservative on issues of family planning, the authors show that the parameters of orthodoxy are wider and gentler than that, and that the great religious traditions are wiser and more variegated than a simple repetition of the most conservative views would suggest. ER -