Title Imagining the fetus : the unborn in myth, religion, and culture / edited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Jane Marie Law

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 305 pages) : illustrations, map Series American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series. Contents Introduction : Restoring nuance to imagining of the fetus / Vanessa R. Sasson, Jane Marie Law -- The story of Samkarsana's and K.r.s.na's births : a drama involving embryos / André Couture -- The great men of Jainism in utero : a survey / Eva De Clercq -- A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences / Vanessa R. Sasson -- Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture and classical Indian medical literature / Robert Kritzer -- Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus / Justin Thomas McDaniel -- Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation / Frances Garrett -- Female feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in Sikhism / Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh -- Embryology in Babylonia and the Bible / Marten Stol -- The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature / Catherine Playoust, Ellen Bradshaw Aitken -- Famous fetuses in Rabbinic narratives / Gwynn Kessler -- A prophet emerging : fetal narratives in Islamic literature / Daniel C. Peterson -- The colossal fetuses of La Venta and Mesoamerica' earliest creation story / Carolyn E. Tate -- Out of place : fetal references in Japanese mythology and cultural memory / Jane Marie Law -- Seeing like a family : fetal ultrasound images and imaginings of kin / Sallie Han Summary This volume presents essays that explore the depiction of the fetus in the world's major religious traditions, finding some striking commonalities as well as intriguing differences Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL SUBJECT Philosophische Anthropologie Werk gnd Subject Fetus -- Religious aspects. Theological anthropology. Fetus. Mythology. Religion. Manners and customs. Fetus Mythology Religion Cultural Characteristics mythology (literary genre) religion (discipline) customs (social concepts) RELIGION -- Faith. Religion Mythology Manners and customs Fetus Fetus -- Religious aspects Theological anthropology Buddhismus Christentum Fetus Judentum Theologische Anthropologie Ungeborenes Philosophische Anthropologie Embryo -- Mythen. Mythen -- Embryo. Fetus -- Religion. Religion -- Fetus. Embryo -- Religion. Religion -- Embryo. Fetus -- Mythen. Mythen -- Fetus. Ungeborenes Kind. Mythologie. Religion. Kultur. Form Electronic book Author Sasson, Vanessa R. Law, Jane Marie. American Academy of Religion. ISBN 9780199701742 0199701741 9780199869077 0199869073 9780195380040 0195380045 9780195380057 0195380053 9786611925659 6611925651 1281925659 9781281925657

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