Preface; M.A. Farley. Part I: Perspectives on Embodiment. 1. The Body and the Bible: Life in the Flesh According to the Spirit; A. Verhey. 2. Embodiment and Ambivalence: a Jewish Feminist Perspective; J. Plaskow. 3. Islamic Perspectives on the Human Body: Legal, Social and Spiritual Considerations; V.J. Hoffman-Ladd. Part II: Practical Applications. 4. Genetic Research and the Elusive Body; J.F. Keenan S.J. 5. Abortion: Embodiment and Prenatal Development; C.A. Tauer. 6. Ritual Recognition of Abortion: Japanese Budddhist Practices and U.S. Jewish and Christian Proposals; J. O'Connor. 7. Whose Bodies? Which Selves? Appeals to Embodiment in Assessments of Reproductive Technology; P. Lauritzen. 8. Embodiment and Organ Transplants: On Giving and Taking our Bodies More Seriously; P. McCormick. 9. African Americans and Organ Donation: Reflections on Religion, Ethics and Embodiment; C.J. Sanders. 10. The `Fridge': Health Care and the Disembodiment of Women; K. Lebacqz. 11. Marks of the Body: Embodiment and Diminishment; C.S. Campbell. 12. The Body Suffering: Illness and Disability; J.T. Carmody, D.L. Carmody. 13. `Embodiment' as Moral Critique: a Christian Social Perspective; L.S. Cahill. Index.