Umfang:
vi, 210 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
23 cm
ISBN:
9780415857581
,
9780415857598
Inhalt:
Part I. Beginnings: theory, late antiquity (200-500), and the medieval period (500-1500). Conceptualizing pregnancy -- Patterns of meaning: pregnancy in late antiquity -- Christian procreation according to Augustine -- Pregnancy and abortion in medieval society -- Exceptional bodies: saints, relics, and dissection -- Part II. The Enlightenment: from the Reformation to modernity (1400-1700). The Reformation: Protestantism, life, and marriage -- Theories of procreation -- Varieties of scientific truth: Descartes, deism, and relativism -- Part III. Modernity: 1800-1900. The female egg and medical inventions -- The divine conception: religious reactions to modernity -- Fertility under debate: race, reason, and religion at the turn of the century -- Part IV. Contemporary debates: the twentieth century to the present. Women and the virgin in the twentieth century: feminism and modern attitudes towards pregnancy -- Legal abortion: the rise of liberal-democratic ideas of gender equality -- Foetus or child?: Christian reactions to feminism -- Objectification: women in contemporary culture
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780203798898
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Christentum
;
Schwangerschaft
;
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
;
Menschenbild
;
Frauenbild
;
Christliche Ethik
;
Geschichte 200-2015
