(Re)forming Protestant Reproductive Ethics in Light of Lewis’s Abolition of Man

Galloway, Russell

(Re)forming Protestant Reproductive Ethics in Light of Lewis’s Abolition of Man

dc.contributor.author	Galloway, Russell
dc.date.accessioned	2026-06-03T20:35:40Z
dc.date.available	2026-06-03T20:35:40Z
dc.date.issued	2026
dc.description.abstract	This article (re)considers Protestant (post)modern treatment of contraception. Using the 1930 Lambeth Conference and C. S. Lewis’s Abolition of Man as primary touchstones, it proceeds with a theological and literary analysis to treat a topic that the Catholic Church’s encyclical tradition resolutely settled in 1930 with Casti Conubii and subsequently deepened with the doctrinal developments of the 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae. In evaluating this contraceptive dialectic, I draw on primary and secondary ecclesial and academic literatures to help Protestants take up the mantle and speak boldly where Lewis laid laudable groundwork but ultimately remained less resolute. The article’s purpose is to help Protestant Christians in general––and Anglicans in particular––to reconsider present orthopraxical silences and laxities in reproductive ethics in light of wisdom gleaned from prior conciliar and cultural precedent.
dc.description.version	Version of record
dc.format.extent	15 p.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.citation	Galloway, Russell. 2026. “(Re)Forming Protestant Reproductive Ethics in Light of Lewis’s Abolition of Man.” Journal of Markets & Morality 28 (2). https://doi.org/10.66991/001c.161419
dc.identifier.doi	10.66991/001c.161419
dc.identifier.issn	1944-7841
dc.identifier.uri	https://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/17878
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Acton Institute
dc.rights.holder	Acton Institute
dc.rights.license	CC BY 4.0
dc.title	(Re)forming Protestant Reproductive Ethics in Light of Lewis’s Abolition of Man
dc.type	Article
publicationissue.issueNumber	2
publicationvolume.volumeNumber	28