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Islam and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Sunni and Shia Perspectives
Marcia C. Inhorn (Ed.)
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Paperback. This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C.; Tremayne, Soraya. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 346 pages, 4 tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1QFM; JFSR2; JHMC; MFKC; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 228 x 31. Weight in Grams: 516.
How and to what extent have Islamic legal scholars and Middle Eastern lawmakers, as well as Middle Eastern Muslim physicians and patients, grappled with the complex bioethical, legal, and social issues that are raised in the process of attempting to conceive life in the face of infertility? This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs.
How and to what extent have Islamic legal scholars and Middle Eastern lawmakers, as well as Middle Eastern Muslim physicians and patients, grappled with the complex bioethical, legal, and social issues that are raised in the process of attempting to conceive life in the face of infertility? This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic jurisprudence and the cultural responses to ARTs.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality
Condition
New
Weight
527g
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785330452
SKU
V9781785330452
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99-15
About Marcia C. Inhorn (Ed.)
Marcia C. Inhorn is the William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs in the Department of Anthropology, and The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University. Soraya Tremayne is the Founding Director of The Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, and a Research Associate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, ... Read more
Reviews for Islam and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Sunni and Shia Perspectives
It is to the editors' credit that they have been able to harness these diverse angles in such a way that the whole in fact emerges as more than its parts. ARTs and the problem of third-party donation within Islam speak to more overarching issues of policy, modernity, gender, rights, and social change... In its sensitivity to discrepancies between norms ... Read more