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Abortion and America's Churches

By Williams, Daniel K.

Abortion and America's Churches

By Williams, Daniel K.

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Abortion and America's Churches explores the surprising history of how American Christians think about abortion.Many people assume that Christians have steadfastly condemned abortion throughout the United States's history. Daniel K. Williams overthrows all assumptions about the unity, consistency, or simplicity of American Christian thought and belief in this groundbreaking new book. He demonstrates that churches in the United States have fought among themselves and with the wider culture as they developed and enforced their stance on abortion, revealing major struggles to define their often-changing positions. Far from a cynical exercise of political interest, changes and disagreements arose from serious theological considerations informed by each tradition's approach to the faith. These theological shifts-and corresponding shifts in interreligious political alliances-led to the changing fortunes of Roe v. Wade.By capturing the fascinating and complicated history informing each faith's position, Abortion and America's Churches restores much-needed context to the sharp polarization over abortion today.
Product details
Number of Pages:
384
Release Date:
2025-10-01
Publication Date:
2025-10-01
Publisher:
University of Notre Dame Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0268210454
ISBN13:
9780268210458
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
706 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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