Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan by William R. LaFleur

Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan

William R. LaFleur

280 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction religion sociology informative reflective medium-paced
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Why would a country strongly influenced by Buddhism's reverence for life allow legalized, widely used abortion? Equally puzzling to many Westerners is the Japanese practice of mizuko rites, in which the parents of aborted fetuses pray for the well...

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