Embodiment, Morality, and Medicine (Theology and Medicine Book 6)

__Embodiment, Morality and Medicine__ deals with the relevance of `embodiment' to bioethics, considering both the historical development and contemporary perspectives on the mind--body relation. The emphasis of all authors is on the importance of the body in defining personal identity as well as on the role of social context in shaping experience of the body. Among the perspectives considered are Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, and African-American. Feminist concerns are important throughout. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Body and the Bible: Life in the Flesh According to the Spirit....Pages 3-22 Embodiment and Ambivalence: A Jewish Feminist Perspective....Pages 23-36 Islamic Perspectives on the Human Body: Legal, Social and Spiritual Considerations....Pages 37-55 Front Matter....Pages 57-57 Genetic Research and the Elusive Body....Pages 59-73 Abortion: Embodiment and Prenatal Development....Pages 75-92 Ritual Recognition of Abortion: Japanese Buddhist Practices and U.S. Jewish and Christian Proposals....Pages 93-111 Whose Bodies? Which Selves? Appeals to Embodiment in Assessments of Reproductive Technology....Pages 113-126 Embodiment and Organ Transplants: On Giving and Taking Our Bodies More Seriously....Pages 127-140 African Americans and Organ Donation: Reflections on Religion, Ethics and Embodiment....Pages 141-153 The “Fridge”: Health Care and the Disembodiment of Women....Pages 155-167 Marks of the Body: Embodiment and Diminishment....Pages 169-183 The Body Suffering: Illness and Disability....Pages 185-197 “Embodiment” and Moral Critique: A Christian Social Perspective....Pages 199-215 Back Matter....Pages 217-225

Embodiment, Morality and Medicine deals with the relevance of 'embodiment' to bioethics, considering both the historical development and contemporary perspectives on the mind—body relation. The emphasis of all authors is on the importance of the body in defining personal identity as well as on the role of social context in shaping experience of the body. Among the perspectives considered are Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, and African-American. Feminist concerns are important throughout.