RT Article
T1 Reproductive loss: toward a theology of bodies
JF Theology & sexuality
VO 25
IS 1/2
SP 146
OP 159
A1 O'Donnell, Karen
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1671758285
AB Reproductive loss-the loss of a pregnancy before 24 weeks-is estimated to occur in 20-50% of all pregnancies. It is a common human experience. However, it is an experience that is shrouded in silence and mystery. Not only is reproductive loss culturally taboo but given the marked absence of theological reflection on the experience, it would seem to be theologically taboo as well. The experience of reproductive loss raises profound theological questions about what it means to be (a gendered) human, issues of suffering, the providence of God, and eschatology. This research considers some of the reasons for this theological silence and begins to examine the experience of reproductive loss with the aim of taking the embodied experience of the miscarrying woman seriously as a site for theological reflection.
K1 Reproductive Loss
K1 Doctrine
K1 Feminist Theology
K1 Silence
K1 Suffering
K1 theology of the body
DO 10.1080/13558358.2018.1548161