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" : Talmudi 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 / Michele Goodwin -- The delivery of controversial services : reproductive health and the ethical and religious directives / Maura A. Ryan -- Catholic health care in the public square : tension on the frontier / Clarke E. Cochran.