The morality of adoption : social-psychological, theological, and legal perspectives / edited by Timothy P. Jackson.

Other author Jackson, Timothy P. (Timothy Patrick)
Format Book
Publication InfoGrand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, ©2005.
Descriptionxxix, 337 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesReligion, marriage, and family
Religion, marriage, and family series. ^A516378
Contents Destiny Marie / Marcie Jackson -- Letters to Derek / Gilbert Meilander -- The moral psychology of adoption and family ties / Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, Gretchen Miller Wrobel -- Adoption, parentage, and procreative stewardship / Brent Waters -- Adoption and the moral significance of kin altruism / Don S. Browning -- Navigating racial routes / Sandra Patton-Imani -- A conversation we ought to be having over adoption / Jeffrey Stout -- Adoption, personal status, and Jewish law / Michael J. Broyde -- Adoption : a Roman Catholic perspective / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Adoption : a Protestant agapic perspecctive / Stephen G. Post -- Suffering the suffering children : Christianity and the rights and wrongs of adoption / Timothy P. Jackson -- Law, Christianity, and adoption / Stephen B. Presser -- Adoption law and controversies / Ann M. Stanton -- Legal and ethical challenges of embryonic adoption / John C. Mayone -- Afterword : Ishmael's bane : the sin and crime of illegitimacy reconsidered / John Witte, Jr.
Review "A uniquely interdisciplinary book, The Morality of Adoption features Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant contributors examining shifting societal attitudes toward adoption and wrestling with such concrete issues as the psychology of family ties, the advisability of cross-cultural adoption, the morality of single-parent adoption, and the new territory of embryo adoptions." "While this volume does not resolve every disagreement or uncertainty, it will surely help spur citizens and scholars toward informed moral action with respect to adoption."--Jacket.
General noteAPPE gift.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 308-328) and index.
LCCN 2005052171
ISBN0802829791 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780802829795 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN0802819796 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780802819796 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN(pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 9780802829795