Sacred Inception: Reclaiming the Spirituality of Birth in the Modern World - Couverture rigide

 
9781498546690: Sacred Inception: Reclaiming the Spirituality of Birth in the Modern World

Synopsis

This edited volume explores the intersection of spirituality with childbirth from 1800 to the present day from a comparative perspective. It illustrates how over this time period in much of the world, traditional practices, home births, and midwives have been overshadowed and undermined by male dominated obstetrics, hospitalization, and ultimately the medicalization of the birthing process itself.

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À propos des auteurs

Marianne Delaporte is professor of religious studies at Notre Dame de Namur University.

Morag Martin is associate professor of history at the College of Brockport, SUNY.

Florence Pasche Guignard is Professor of Religious Studies at Laval University, Quebec City, Canada.

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