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Abortion and the Early Church: Christian, Jewish, and Pagan Attitudes in the Greco-Roman World
Overview
What is abortion? A convenience to society? A legal offense? Murder? We are not the first to face these questions. Abortion was a common practice 2,000 years ago. The young Christian church, growing up in influential centers of Greco-Roman culture, could not ignore the practice. How would church leaders define abortion? Michael J. Gorman examines Christian documents in their Greco-Roman context, concluding that Christians held a consistent position throughout the church’s first 400 years.
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Check out more on this subject from Gorman with Holy Abortion? A Theological Critique of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.
Key Features
- Investigates the early church’s interactions with the issue of abortion
- Examines ancient Christian documents in their Greco-Roman context
- Surveys Greco-Roman culture’s stance on abortion
Contents
- Abortion in the Ancient World
- The Pagan World
- The Jewish World
- Christian Beginnings: The First Three Centuries
- Christianity Established: The Fourth and Fifth Centuries
- Abortion and the Early Church: The Wider Context
- The Relevance of the Early Church for Today
Product Details
- Title: Abortion and the Early Church: Christian, Jewish, and Pagan Attitudes in the Greco-Roman World
- Author: Michael J. Gorman
- Publisher: Wipf & Stock
- Publication Date: 1998
- Pages: 120
- Resource Type: Monographs
- Topic: Early Church
About Michael J. Gorman
Michael J. Gorman holds the Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore, Maryland. A highly regarded New Testament scholar, he is the author of Reading Paul, Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers, and Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross.