The Morality of Adoption: Social-psychological, Theological, and Legal PerspectivesThe Religion, Marriage, and Family Series investigates marriage and family as major theological and cultural issues. Given that both society and the church have debated these topics intensely but have actually studied them very little, this series attempts to correct recent theological neglect of these important matters. |
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Contents
The Moral Psychology of Adoption and Family Ties | 3 |
Adoption Parentage and Procreative Stewardship | 32 |
Adoption and the Moral Significance of Kin Altruism | 52 |
Navigating Racial Routes | 78 |
A Conversation We Ought to Be Having over Adoption | 117 |
Adoption Personal Status and Jewish Law | 128 |
A Roman Catholic Perspective | 148 |
A Protestant Agapic Perspective | 172 |
Law Christianity and Adoption | 219 |
Adoption Law and Controversies | 246 |
Legal and Ethical Challenges of Embryonic Adoption | 262 |
Ishmaels Bane The Sin and Crime | 283 |
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Contributors | 329 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Morality of Adoption: Social-psychological, Theological, and Legal Perspectives Religion, marriage, and family series |
| Editor | Timothy Patrick Jackson |
| Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0802829791, 9780802829795 |
| Length | 337 pages |
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