Sacred inception : reclaiming the spirituality of birth in the modern world /: reclaiming the spirituality of birth in the modern world. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Afterword by Pamela Hunt ; foreword by Robbie Davis-Floyd ; edited by Marianne Delaporte, Morag Martin.
• Editors: Delaporte, Marianne; Martin, Morag
• Contents: Foreword; Robbie Davis-Floyd; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Marianne Delaporte and Morag Martin; ; Part I: Midwives as a Bridge between the Spirit and the World; ; 1. Midwifery as Religious Calling: The Struggle for Church Recognition by the <span style="font-style:italic;">Soeurs de la Charité Maternelle of Metz in the Nineteenth Century; Morag Martin; 2. Childbirth and Folk Orthodoxy in Russia in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; Tatiana Novikova; 3. Superstition, Folk Religion and Childbirth: Highlighting the World of Informal Midwives in Modern Turkey; Gökçen B. Dinç 4. Stories of Birth: The Spiritual Genesis of Ina May Gaskin’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Spiritual Midwifery ; Marianne Delaporte; ; Part II: Contested Maternities: Colonization and a Return to Ancestors and Culture; ; 5. Birthing the Spirit: Self-determination and Childbirth in Australia; Amba J. Sepie; 6 . A Blur between the Spiritual and the Physical: Birthing Practices among the Igbo of Nigeria in the Twentieth Century; Ogechukwu Ezekwem Williams; 7. The Art of Midwifery among the Arhuaco People of Colombia: Spirituality, Resistance, and Violence in Intercultural Birth Contexts; Angela Santamaria, Dunen Kaneybia Muelas Izquierdo, Angela N. Castañeda, and Camila Rangel ; ; Part III: Home Birth, Natural Birth, Hospital Birth: Choices for Spiritual Maternity; ; 8. Pushing from the Margins: “Natural Childbirth” in Holistic Spiritualities and Natural Parenting in France and Portugal; Anna M. Fedele and Florence Pasche Guignard; 9. Delivering Spirituality in Maternity Services: An Example of Two European Countries; Claire de Labrusse, Tracy Humphrey, Anne Sylvie Ramelet, and Sarah MacLennan ; 10. “Going Back”: Spirituality and Cultural Traditions in South Carolina Women’s Childbirth Experiences; Cara Delay, Beth Sundstrom, Andrea L. DeMaria, and Kristin Brig ; 11. Birthing the Natural Pious Singaporean Malay Muslim Woman through the Ideal Islamic Birth Framework; Sharifah Huseinah Madihid ; ; Afterword: The Spirituality of Birth; Pamela Hunt
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 392.12; Childbirth -- Religious aspects; Spirituality; Childbirth -- Psychological aspects; Childbirth -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498546706
• Related ISBNs: 9781498546690
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