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The Religious History of Abortion

Patriarchy and the Future of Religion

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November 7, 2023

$ 24.95 USD

This collection of essays by Robert Funk delves into the contributions of notable artists and intellectuals, including Kafka, Beckett, Henry Miller, Castaneda, Fowles, and Thoreau, to illuminate the true successors of Jesus. In the section titled 'Voices of Silence,' Funk examines the interplay between language and contemporary reality. He ultimately addresses the pivotal theological question of whether individuals can identify a genuine world to which they can fully commit, offering twenty-one propositions on theology in response.

Brandon Scott gives us an insightful history of abortion, how it was understood, and how this issue is shaping Christianity today. Scott unfurls the religious understanding of abortion beginning with Aristotle whose world view of the natural order was informed by a hierarchical and “patriarchal logic.” Scott asks three important questions: Why is it this way? How do things fit together? What is hidden? His exploration of these questions becomes the content of this important and stunning book. (The Rev. Canon Marianne Borg)