Cultural and Religious Issues

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Cultural and General Issues

To Mutilate in the name of Jehovah or Allah by Sami A. Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh. (1994)

Jewish Issues

Rationales for Jewish Circumcision: The outstanding medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon; or Rambam, from the initials of Rabbi Moses ben Maimon), 1135-1204, was physician to the Sultan Saladin and communal leader of Egyptian Jewry, as well as an important figure in the codification of Jewish law. Read what he has to say about circumcision in his oeuvre, The Guide of the Perplexed.
Brit Shalom (Brit B'lee Milah). A peaceful introduction into the Covenant, without surgery.
List of practicing Brit Shalom Celebrants (compiled by Mark D. Reiss, MD)
Brit Shalom—Covenant of Wholeness (NOCIRC)
A Non-Traditional Circumcision Ceremony (NOHARMM)
Questioning Jewish Circumcision by Ronald Goldman, PhD
Questioning Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective by Ronald Goldman, PhD
https://www.cirp.orgrothenberg.htmlBeing Rational About Circumcision and Jewish Observance by Moshe Rothenberg, Brooklyn, New York
An open letter from Jewish feminist Jenny Goodman, written for the Fourth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations (Lausanne, Switzerland, August, 1996).
Jewish Issues at Fathermag.com by Robin Verner (link to www.fathermag.com)
Karsenty N. A mother questions brit milah. Humanistic Judaism 1988; 16(3): 14-20
Lisa Braver Moss. Circumcision: A Jewish Inquiry. Midstream Monthly Jewish Review, January 1992: 20.
excerpt from Birth Rite, by Joshua J. Hammerman, The New York Times Magazine, March 13, 1994
Michael S. Kimmel. The Kindest Un-Cut: Feminism, Judaism, and My Son's Foreskin. Tikkun, 16(3), May/June 2001.
Michael Glass. What the Bible Reveals About Circumcision and Sexual Violence. April 2003.
Stacey Greenberg. My Son: The Little Jew with a Foreskin. Mothering Magazine #125 August 2004.

Christian Issues

Rosemary Romberg. Circumcision and the Christian Parent. In: Circumcision: The Painful Dilemma, South Hadley, MA: Bergin & Garvey, 1985. (link to www.noharmm.org)
Deborah Cox. Paul's Answer to Circumcision. A Brief Survey of the Book of Galatians, 1996. (link to www.sentex.com)
Circumcision. Pasadena. World Wide Church of God, 1996.
The Holy Bible, Circumcision, False Prophets, and Christian Parents by George Hill, 1998.
James E. Peron, MS, Ed.D. Christian Parents and the Circumcision Issue. Many Blessings Spring 2000: 39-40.
Van Lewis. Circumcision and Christianity: A Call to Christian Action. July 2000.
Michael Glass. Circumcisers: What Drives Their Knives?, October 14, 2000.
What the Bible Really Says About Routine Infant Circumcision by Laura Jezek (2001).
Michael Glass. The New Testament and Circumcision. October 2001.
Michael Glass. Answers from the Bible to Questions about Circumcision. December 2002.

Latter Day Saints Issues

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons) scriptural advice on circumcision

Muslim Issues

A view of circumcision from CyberMosque at City of Light (offsite link)

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