Abortion and the Christian Tradition Kamitsuka Margaret D.
Abortion and the Christian Tradition Kamitsuka Margaret D. Abortion remains the most contested political issue in American life. A common perception is that abortion is contrary to Christian teaching…
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Abortion and the Christian Tradition Kamitsuka Margaret D.
Abortion remains the most contested political issue in American life. A common perception is that abortion is contrary to Christian teaching and values. Poll results have remained surprisingly constant over the years, with roughly equal numbers supporting and opposing it.
Margaret Kamitsuka begins with a careful examination of the church's 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. While some have challenged that perception, few have attempted a comprehensive critique and constructive counterargument on Christian ethical and theological grounds. She then offers carefully crafted ethical arguments about the pregnant woman's authority to make reproductive decisions and builds a theological rationale for seeing abortion as something other than a
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