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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloomer, Fiona, editor.

Turtle, Kellie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion--Religious aspects.

Abortion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 199 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2024.

Summary:

Providing perspectives from the global North and South, faith leaders, scholars and activists demonstrate the complex connections between faith and abortion, how women and pregnant people are positioned in society and how morality is claimed and challenged.

Contents:

Front Cover

Reimagining Faith and Abortion: A Global Perspective

Copyright information

Dedication

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

What does this book offer?

Why did we write this book?

Fiona Bloomer

Kellie Turtle

Theoretical approach

Outline of the book

Summary of chapters

References

2 Redeemed by reproduction? Exploring compulsory motherhood and abortion stigma

Introduction

Compulsory reproduction as a form of violence against women

Drawing from women's lived experiences

Abortion stigma: moving from reproductive justification to reproductive justice

What have I learnt from my work around ending violence against women and girls

Spiritual capital: are women redeemed through reproduction?

The myth of God-ordained motherhood

Conclusion

Note

3 Suspending judgement: exploring contextual pedagogical approaches to facilitating ethical reflection on sexual and reproductive health and rights

Creating space for having difficult conversations

Who gets to have the final word when it comes to reproductive choices?

Who gets to say what the Bible means when we engage in ethical issues?

Notes

4 Pastoral guidelines through a reproductive justice lens

Giving authority to other perspectives and ways of doing religion

Church of Sweden: a case study

When life does not turn out as imagined: guidelines on abortion

The premises of the working group

A way forward

Discussion

A note from the author

5 Abortion in Malaysia: challenges and necessity

Women in Malaysia

Methodology

Women and reproductive health and rights

Comprehensive sexuality education in Malaysia

Abortion in Malaysia.

Abortion and the law

Abortion services

What does Islam say about family planning and abortion?

Non-government organisations and advocacy on SRHR issues

6 The power of religious voice in abortion law reform advocacy: interfaith approaches to abortion law reform in Malawi

Changing advocacy methodology

Training design

Advocacy and scriptures

Strategy

Impact

7 Abortion and faith in Latin America: an interfaith perspective

Emerging communities of feminist Christians

Biblical-theological perspectives

The voices of the Catholic Church

The voices of the Evangelical churches

The green tide in Argentina and Latin America

We won the law

8 Sri Lanka: abortion and Buddhism - a conversation with Dakshitha Wickremarathne

9 Reflections on faith-based abortion advocacy as the US faces a future without Roe: a conversation with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

10 Marking the absence of an embodied theology: an analysis of how people of faith talk about abortion in Northern Ireland

Self-grounding and self-assertion

Abortion in Northern Ireland

Methods

Love, compassion and embodiment

11 Seeds of hope in progressive Christian discourse on abortion in Northern Ireland

Background

An action research methodology

Developing the discourse

Faith-based abortion advocacy and stigma

Next steps

12 Faith Voices for Reproductive Justice in Northern Ireland

Contributions from FVRJ members

13 Conclusion

Critical engagement with theology and doctrine

Mapping faith values and challenges.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4473-7016-3

1-4473-7017-1