Mother Love, Child Death and Religious Innovation: A Feminist Perspective

Sered examines the link between women and religions that address child death. A model for interpreting the interplay between women's personal and religious lives which avoids the dual pitfalls of magic and neurosis as explanatory strategies for dealing with child death is presented.

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Published in:Journal of feminist studies in religion 1996-04, Vol.12 (1), p.5-23
Main Author: Sered, Susan Starr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Buddhism
Child care
Childbirth
Children
Children & youth
Death
Death & dying
Feminism
Infants
Judaism
Men
Mothers
Psychology
Religion
Spiritual belief systems
Theology
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Summary:Sered examines the link between women and religions that address child death. A model for interpreting the interplay between women's personal and religious lives which avoids the dual pitfalls of magic and neurosis as explanatory strategies for dealing with child death is presented.
ISSN:8755-4178
1553-3913