Dark Womb

Re-Conceiving Theology through Reproductive Loss

AvKaren O'Donnell

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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LONGLISTED FOR THE MICHAEL RAMSEY PRIZE 2023The experience of reproductive loss raises a series of profoundly theological questions: how can God have a plan for my life? Why didn’t God answer my prayers? How can I have hope after such an experience? Who am I after such a loss? Sadly, these are questions that, along with reproductive loss, have largely been ignored in theology. Karen O’Donnell tackles these questions head on, drawing on her own experiences of repeated reproductive loss as she re-conceives theology from the perspective of the miscarrying person. Offering a fresh, original, and creative approach to theology, O’Donnell explores the complexity of the miscarrying body and its potential for theological revelation. She offers a re-conception of theologies of providence, prayer, hope, and the body as she reimagines theology out of these messy origins. This book is for those who have experiences such losses and those who minister to them. But it is also for all those who want to encounter a creative and imaginative approach to theology and the life of faith in our messy, complex world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-02-28
Mått:135 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt:298 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:SCM Press
ISBN:9780334060932
Utmärkelser:Long-listed for Michael Ramsey Prize 2023

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Mer om författaren

Dr Karen O’Donnell is Coordinator at the Centre for Contemporary Spirituality, Sarum College.

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With the publication of The Dark Womb, Karen O’Donnell inaugurates the definitive end of the taboo on discussing reproductive loss theologically. O’Donnell weaves autoethnography, feminist analysis, biblical interpretation, and cultural critical into a theological account that challenges us to rethink a providential God, given the suffering of bleeding, miscarrying bodies. No more religious platitudes. O’Donnell leads us from the darkness of reproductive trauma into the deep of an apophatic remaking of the self and of God.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements ixForeword by Heather Walton xiIntroduction: Re-Conceiving Theology Through Reproductive Loss 11. The (Theological) Silence Surrounding Reproductive Loss 132. Reproductive Loss as a Trauma 323. Reimagining Miscarriage: Embodied Agents and Moral Failures 594. Providence, Petitionary Prayer and Pregnancy Loss 775. Miss-Carried Hopes 1106. What About Hannah? 1357. Body Theologies 1438. Teach Us How To Pray 1629. Aftermath: The Post-Traumatic Remaking ofMy Self 186Bibliography 190Index 201