Hope Deferred: Theological Reflections on Reproductive Loss (Infertility, Stillbirth, Miscarriage) |
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Authors: | L Serene Jones |
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Institution: | Yale Divinity School, USA |
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Abstract: | This essay examines the human experience of reproductive loss and grief surrounding infertility, miscarriage and stillbirth, in particular why such painful silences persist where one might least expect it; namely, in feminist communities and in churches. By bringing into conversation feminist theory and systematic theology on this topic, the author effectively crosses (and cross-fertilizes) the boundaries of two important sets of discourse with the hope of better understanding why painful silences persist concerning reproductive loss and what theological – in particular Trinitarian – resources are available to help the church think about the issue (both those who suffer this loss and the broader community who seeks to understand it). |
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