Includes bibliographical references and index.

A history of religion and bioethics / Albert R. Jonsen -- Theology's role in public bioethics / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Who legitimately speaks for religion in public bioethics? / John H. Evans -- Bioethics, religion and linguistic capital / Tod Chambers -- And power corrupts..: religion and the disciplinary matrix of bioethics / M. Therese Lysaught -- Religion, public reason, and embryonic stem cell research / Cynthia B. Cohen -- "These and those are the words of the living god": talmudic sound and fury in shaping national policy / Elliot N. Dorf -- Public discourse and reasonable pluralims: rethinking the requirements of neurtality / H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr -- Law and bioethics in Rodriquez v. Canada / David E. Guinn, Edward W. Keyserlingk, and Wendy Morton -- The NBAC report on cloning: a case study in religion, public policy and bioethics / M. Cathleen Kaveny -- Philosophy, theology, and the claims of justice / Karen Lebacqz -- "No harm, no harrassment": major principles of health care ethics in islam / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- Ethics of ambiguity: a buddhist reflection on the Japanese organ transplant law / Ronald Y. Nakasone -- "On one path or the other": cloning, religion and the making of U.S. biopolicy / Nigel M. de S. Cameron -- Apples and oranges: a critique of current trends in the study of religion, spirituality, and health / Gail Gaisin Glicksman and Allen Glicksman -- The heart of the matter: religion and spirituality at the end of life / David E. Guinn -- Bioethical entanglements of race, religion, and AIDS / Michelle Goodwin -- The delivery of controversial services: reproductive health and ethical and religious directives / Maura A. Ryan -- Catholic health care in the public square: tension on the frontier / Clarke E. Cochran.

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