| Autore |
Kotzé Manitza
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Durbanville, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , 2019
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (328 pages)
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| Disciplina |
232
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| Collana |
Reformed theology in Africa series
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| Soggetto topico |
Christian ethics - Biblical teaching
Religion - Ethics
Reproductive health - Moral and ethical aspects
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
List of Abbreviations, Figures and Tables in the -- Text and Notes xiii -- List of Abbreviations xiii -- List of Figures xiv -- List of Tables xiv -- Notes on Contributors xv -- Preface xxi -- Chapter 1: Reconceiving reproductive health: An introduction 1 -- Introduction 1 -- Part One: Systematic theological reflections -- Chapter 2: 'Bearing fruit'? Doing theology from God's Womb 13 -- Introduction 13 -- 'Life begotten'? Creation from God's Womb 16 -- 'Delivering grace'? Salvation by God's Womb 18 -- 'Born again'? Consummation in God's Womb 22 -- Trinitarian Theology 'bearing fruit'? 25 -- Conclusion 27 -- Chapter 3: Reproductive health, deconstructed: -- A nonbinary understanding of the womb 29 -- Introduction: The question that should not be asked 29 -- The question that should be asked 31 -- Women and nature 32 -- Strategies to curb environmental degradation and the role of women 34 -- Women and population 38 -- The field of population policies: A concern over the -- environment and sustained population growth 39 -- Politics and 'pronatalism' 42 -- Defying the 'pronatalist norm': Being 'childless' or a 'non-parent' 46 -- Going forward: Guiding principles and ethical considerations 48 -- Chapter 4: Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel's theology of tenderness: Implications for reconceiving reproductive health 51 -- Introduction 51 -- The theology of Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel: A brief summary 54 -- Jesus and his life of tenderness 57 -- Theology of tenderness: Implications for reconceiving reproductive health 60 -- Conclusion 66 -- Chapter 5: Intersecting reproductive health: -- Theological and ethical reflections? 67 -- Introduction 67 -- Reproductive rights and health? 68 -- Indecent Theology: Towards a theological method for sexual and reproductive health rights? 72 -- Reconceiving choice towards justice? 75 -- Conclusion 80 -- Chapter 6: Mothering as sacred duty and metaphor: The theology of Mercy Oduyoye 81 -- Introduction 81 -- The distinction between motherhood and mothering 82 -- Oduyoye as mother 83 -- Mothering as metaphor 85 -- Anowa as mother 87 -- Mothering and a doctrine of creation 88 -- Oduyoye's concept of mothering, creation and reproductive loss 91 -- Conclusion 93 -- Part Two: Biblical reflections -- Chapter 7: Reproduction and the responsibility of royal -- representation: A reading of Genesis 1:26-28 97 -- Introduction 97 -- Translation of Genesis 1:26-28 103 -- Interpretive comments on Genesis 1:26-28 104 -- Conclusion 124 -- Chapter 8: Pauline uterine discourse in context 125 -- Introduction 125 -- The womb in antiquity 126 -- The womb in the Bible 130 -- The womb in the Pauline letters 133 -- Kοιλία [womb, belly, stomach]; γαστήρ [womb, belly]; μήτρα [womb] 133 -- The mothering Paul 135 -- Unproductive and misbehaving wombs: Paulus abortivus 136 -- Discursive uterine strategies in Paul 138 -- Conclusion 143 -- Chapter 9: An attempt to liberate the womb from divine overburdening - In conversation with Mary and Elizabeth (Luke 1:5-45) 145 -- Introduction 145 -- Divine conception 149 -- Luke 1:35 152 -- Reducing 'being' to 'wombing' 156 -- The imperfection of the womb 161 -- Conclusion 166 -- Part Three: Ethical reflections -- Chapter 10: Whose womb is it anyway? 169 -- Introduction 169 -- Artificial womb, what it means and how it works 171 -- The pregnant female body and what it means 172 -- The contributions and concerns of an artificial womb 175 -- Reproductive life, ethics and the technological implications 177 -- Power, men and the female voice 182 -- Conclusion 184 -- Chapter 11: Revisiting traditional male initiation in South Africa: A global bioethical perspective on reproductive health and culture practices 187 -- Introduction: The cultural tradition 187 -- Global perspective 192 -- Status of culture diversity 192 -- The ordering of culture 195 -- Conclusion 199 -- Chapter 12: Reflections on the Malawian church's role in maternal health 201 -- Mwawi N. Chilongozi & Nadine Bowers du Toit -- Introduction 201 -- Maternal health 202 -- The global initiatives on maternal health 204 -- Factors that lead to maternal deaths and disabilities 205 -- Maternal health as a gender and development issue 208 -- Mercy Oduyoye's theological perspectives on maternal health 209 -- The role of faith-based organisations in maternal health 211 -- The church's role in promoting maternal health 212 -- The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Synod of Livingstonia 213 -- The health department 214 -- Health Department's Safe Motherhood and Maternal Health Programme 215 -- Conclusion 217 -- Acknowledgements 218 -- Chapter 13: A long walk to reproductive freedom: Reconceiving theologies of abortion in South Africa 219 -- Introduction 219 -- Understanding abortion 220 -- The rise of a reproductive justice framework 222 -- Abortion in South Africa 224 -- A call for a new theology of abortion 227 -- Reconceiving abortion theology through a liberational lens 232 -- Deconstructing procreation, wombs and motherhood 237 -- Towards a reconceived theology of abortion in South Africa 239 -- Conclusion 243 -- Chapter 14: Whose reproductive health matters? A Christian ethical reflection on reproductive technology and exclusion 247 -- Introduction 248 -- Inequality of access to reproductive technology at present 249 -- Inequality of access to reproductive technology in the future? 254 -- How the excluded become part of this system at present 255 -- Other ethical issues 260 -- Pressure on women to donate 261 -- How the excluded become part of this system in the future 262 -- Conclusion 263 -- References 265 -- Index 297.
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| Altri titoli varianti |
Reconceiving Reproductive Health
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