Description
Abortion remains the most contested political issue in American life. Poll results have remained surprisingly constant over the years, with roughly equal numbers supporting and opposing it. A common perception is that abortion is contrary to Christian teaching and values. While some have challenged that perception, few have attempted a comprehensive critique and constructive counterargument on Christian ethical and theological grounds.Margaret Kamitsuka begins with a careful examination of the churchs biblical and historical record, refuting the assumption that Christianity has always condemned abortion or that it considered personhood as beginning at the moment of conception. She then offers carefully crafted ethical arguments about the pregnant womans authority to make reproductive decisions and builds a theological rationale for seeing abortion as something other than a sin.
Author: Margaret D. Kamitsuka
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 10/29/2019
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9780664265687
ISBN10: 0664265685
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Church | History
- Religion | Christian Theology | Ethics
- Religion | Biblical Studies | History & Culture