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Reimagining faith and abortion : a global perspective/ Edited by Fiona Bloomer and Kellie Turtle

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London Policy Press 2024Description: ix, 199 pages; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781447370154
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 205.663 BLO
Contents:
1. Introduction Kellie Turtle and Fiona Bloomer2. Redeemed by reproduction? Exploring compulsory motherhood and abortion stigma Selina Palm3. Suspending judgement: exploring pedagogical approaches that centre the contextual embodied experiences of those affected in the process of sexual reproductive health and rights decision making and ethical reflection Charlene van der Walt4. Pastoral guidelines through a reproductive justice lens Emilie Weiderud5. Abortion in Malaysia: challenges and necessity Syarifatul Adibah6. The power of religious voice in abortion law reform advocacy: inter-faith approaches to abortion law reform in Malawi Brian Ligomeka7. Abortion and faith in Latin America: an interfaith perspective María de los Ángeles Roberto8. Sri Lanka: abortion and Buddhism a conversation with Dakshitha Wickremarathne Dakshitha Wickremarathne and Fiona Bloomer9. Reflections on faith-based abortion advocacy as the US faces a future without Roe: a conversation with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg and Kellie Turtle10. Marking the absence of an embodied theology: an analysis of how people of faith talk about abortion in Northern Ireland Nóirín MacNamara and Fiona Bloomer11. Seeds of hope in progressive Christian discourse on abortion in Northern Ireland Kellie Turtle12. Faith voices for reproductive justice in Northern Ireland Kellie Turtle and participants from Faith Voices for Reproductive Justice13. Conclusion Kellie Turtle and Fiona Bloomer
Summary: In this book, faith leaders, scholars and activists from around the globe provide their perspective on faith and abortion. They reflect on examples of faith organisations which have provided leadership on the issue as well as examining religious approaches from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and interfaith perspectives. Challenging the assumption that all people of faith are anti-abortion, this book provides a counterpoint to right-wing faith perspectives and outlines how faith communities reimagine abortion as an issue of social, pastoral and theological concern. Providing perspectives from the global North and South, it includes settings where abortion is legal, and where it is restricted, and settings where abortion stigma is ever-present to settings where abortion is normalised. It also demonstrates the complex connections between faith and abortion, how women and pregnant people are positioned in society and how morality is claimed and challenged
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1. Introduction
Kellie Turtle and Fiona Bloomer2. Redeemed by reproduction? Exploring compulsory motherhood and abortion stigma
Selina Palm3. Suspending judgement: exploring pedagogical approaches that centre the contextual embodied experiences of those affected in the process of sexual reproductive health and rights decision making and ethical reflection
Charlene van der Walt4. Pastoral guidelines through a reproductive justice lens
Emilie Weiderud5. Abortion in Malaysia: challenges and necessity
Syarifatul Adibah6. The power of religious voice in abortion law reform advocacy: inter-faith approaches to abortion law reform in Malawi
Brian Ligomeka7. Abortion and faith in Latin America: an interfaith perspective
María de los Ángeles Roberto8. Sri Lanka: abortion and Buddhism
a conversation with Dakshitha Wickremarathne
Dakshitha Wickremarathne and Fiona Bloomer9. Reflections on faith-based abortion advocacy as the US faces a future without Roe: a conversation with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg and Kellie Turtle10. Marking the absence of an embodied theology: an analysis of how people of faith talk about abortion in Northern Ireland
Nóirín MacNamara and Fiona Bloomer11. Seeds of hope in progressive Christian discourse on abortion in Northern Ireland
Kellie Turtle12. Faith voices for reproductive justice in Northern Ireland
Kellie Turtle and participants from Faith Voices for Reproductive Justice13. Conclusion
Kellie Turtle and Fiona Bloomer

In this book, faith leaders, scholars and activists from around the globe provide their perspective on faith and abortion. They reflect on examples of faith organisations which have provided leadership on the issue as well as examining religious approaches from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and interfaith perspectives. Challenging the assumption that all people of faith are anti-abortion, this book provides a counterpoint to right-wing faith perspectives and outlines how faith communities reimagine abortion as an issue of social, pastoral and theological concern. Providing perspectives from the global North and South, it includes settings where abortion is legal, and where it is restricted, and settings where abortion stigma is ever-present to settings where abortion is normalised. It also demonstrates the complex connections between faith and abortion, how women and pregnant people are positioned in society and how morality is claimed and challenged

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