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Reproductive Justice and the Catholic Church Advancing Pragmatic Solidarity with Pregnant Women

Name: Reproductive Justice and the Catholic Church
Author: Emily Reimer-Barry

Auteur: Emily Reimer-Barry

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Emily Reimer-Barry

Engels
Hardcover
9781538182642
02 juli 2024
312 pagina's

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Abortion may not always be a moral good, but neither is it always direct murder which carries the stain of sin and blame. Using a framework of reproductive justice and drawing on sources of the Catholic intellectual tradition, she argues that the Church’s moral absolutism on abortion denies women’s moral agency and violates human dignity.

Pregnancy loss is profoundly complex, ambiguous, and alienating, but telling women who have procured abortions that they are murderers and sinners is not the best way forward. Magisterial teachings on abortion are too often presented as moral absolutes, when in fact moral absolutism distorts the rich wisdom of the Catholic intellectual tradition. This book initiates a new conversation about women’s experiences of miscarriage, stillbirth, and abortion, arguing that we need not approach these difficult life experiences in a simplistic way. Dr. Reimer-Barry argues that both the pro-life and pro-choice movements make important and valuable claims, yet each approach on its own is flawed. Drawing on the framework of reproductive justice together with Catholic social teaching, Dr. Reimer-Barry suggests a new way forward for abortion discourse that takes seriously the full human dignity of women and the intrinsic (though not absolute) value of prenatal life. She argues that instead of thinking of the Church as a moral teacher—with leaders in Rome or Washington, DC dictating to the consciences of the faithful—a better way to address the complexity of difficult pregnancy discernments would be to think of the Church as a community of support in the midst of and after difficult discernments; a community that seeks justice together and implements structural reforms while also providing spiritual care to those in need. What women deserve, is justice.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 juli 2024
Aantal pagina's: 312

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Hoofdauteur: Emily Reimer-Barry
Hoofduitgeverij: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Product breedte: 152 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
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Categorieën: Religie, Spiritualiteit & Filosofie

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Christendom

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