Attitudes Toward Abortion among Religious Traditions in the United States: Change or Continuity?

Abortion continues to be a highly contentious issue in the United States, with few signs of abatement. The goal of this paper is to specify how variable positions about abortion across religious traditions have led to differential shifts in attitudes among their members. Based on culturally relevant...

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Authors: Hoffmann, John P. (Author) ; Johnson, Sherrie Mills (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 2005
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2005, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-182
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