Sacred Inception (eBook)

Marianne Delaporte is professor of religious studies at Notre Dame de Namur University.Morag Martin is associate professor of history at the College of Brockport, SUNY.

ForewordRobbie Davis-FloydAcknowledgmentsIntroductionMarianne Delaporte and Morag MartinPart I: Midwives as a Bridge between the Spirit and the World1. Midwifery as Religious Calling: The Struggle for Church Recognition by the Soeurs de la Charité Maternelle of Metz in the Nineteenth CenturyMorag Martin2. Childbirth and Folk Orthodoxy in Russia in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesTatiana Novikova3. Superstition, Folk Religion and Childbirth: Highlighting the World of Informal Midwives in Modern TurkeyGökçen B. Dinç 4. Stories of Birth: The Spiritual Genesis of Ina May Gaskin’s Spiritual MidwiferyMarianne DelaportePart II: Contested Maternities: Colonization and a Return to Ancestors and Culture5. Birthing the Spirit: Self-determination and Childbirth in AustraliaAmba J. Sepie6. A Blur between the Spiritual and the Physical: Birthing Practices among the Igbo of Nigeria in the Twentieth CenturyOgechukwu Ezekwem Williams7. The Art of Midwifery among the Arhuaco People of Colombia: Spirituality, Resistance, and Violence in Intercultural Birth ContextsAngela Santamaria, Dunen Kaneybia Muelas Izquierdo, Angela N. Castañeda, and Camila RangelPart III: Home Birth, Natural Birth, Hospital Birth: Choices for Spiritual Maternity8. Pushing from the Margins: “Natural Childbirth” in Holistic Spiritualities and Natural Parenting in France and PortugalAnna M. Fedele and Florence Pasche Guignard9. Delivering Spirituality in Maternity Services: An Example of Two European CountriesClaire de Labrusse, Tracy Humphrey, Anne Sylvie Ramelet, and Sarah MacLennan10. “Going Back”: Spirituality and Cultural Traditions in South Carolina Women’s Childbirth ExperiencesCara Delay, Beth Sundstrom, Andrea L. DeMaria, and Kristin Brig11. Birthing the Natural Pious Singaporean Malay Muslim Woman through the Ideal Islamic Birth FrameworkSharifah Huseinah MadihidAfterword: The Spirituality of BirthPamela Hunt