Liquid life : abortion and Buddhism in Japan

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	LaFleur, William R.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1992.
Subjects:	Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai. Abortion > Religious aspects > Buddhism. Abortion > Japan. Buddhism. Medicine > Religious aspects. Abortion, Induced > ethics Buddhism Beginning of Human Life > ethics Religion and Medicine Aborto > Japón. Avortement > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme. Avortement > Japon. Bouddhisme. Médecine > Aspect religieux. 11.93 Buddhism. Abortion. Buddhismus Schwangerschaftsabbruch Boeddhisme. Abortus provocatus. Japan Japan.

Table of Contents:

Original concepts. Behind the great Buddha ; A world of water and words ; Social death, social birth ; Jizo at the crossroads
Historical processes. Edo : an era in view ; Edo : population ; Edo : polemics ; Sex, war, and peace
Contemporary issues. Apology ; Moral swamps ; A rational, national family ; Crossovers.