Table of Contents

I: Perspectives on Embodiment.- The Body and the Bible: Life in the Flesh According to the Spirit.- Embodiment and Ambivalence: A Jewish Feminist Perspective.- Islamic Perspectives on the Human Body: Legal, Social and Spiritual Considerations.- II: Practical Applications.- Genetic Research and the Elusive Body.- Abortion: Embodiment and Prenatal Development.- Ritual Recognition of Abortion: Japanese Buddhist Practices and U.S. Jewish and Christian Proposals.- Whose Bodies? Which Selves? Appeals to Embodiment in Assessments of Reproductive Technology.- Embodiment and Organ Transplants: On Giving and Taking Our Bodies More Seriously.- African Americans and Organ Donation: Reflections on Religion, Ethics and Embodiment.- The “Fridge”: Health Care and the Disembodiment of Women.- Marks of the Body: Embodiment and Diminishment.- The Body Suffering: Illness and Disability.- “Embodiment” and Moral Critique: A Christian Social Perspective.- Notes on Contributors.