Vol 22, No 2 (2009)

Special Issue - Religion, Spirituality and Birthing

Table of Contents

Editorial

Free Editorial: Religion, Spirituality and Birthing PDF
Alphia Possamai-Inesedy 135-136

Articles

Buy Now The Silence of Spirituality within Sociology of Childbirth: Epistemological and Methodological Considerations
Alphia Possamai-Inesedy 137-160
Buy Now Secreting Religion: Perinatal Dynamics, Ego Death and ‘Reproductive Consciousness’ in Childbirth
Gregg Lahood 161-189
Buy Now Birth as a Spiritual Initiation: Australian Women’s Experiences of Transformation
Sharon Moloney 190-213
Buy Now Making Parents: First-Birth Ritual among the Ankave-Anga of Papua New Guinea
Pascale Bonnemère 214-236
Buy Now Midwiving the Spirit: Religious Diversity and Professional Midwifery in Southern Ontario
Jennifer Bailey 237-259

Book Reviews

Free Peter Berger, Grace Davie and Effie Fokas, Religious America, Secular Europe? A Theme and Variations. Ashgate, Aldershot, 2008, pp. 168 pages, ISBN 978-0-7546-6011-8 PDF
Julian Droogan 260-262
Free W. Randolph Tate, Biblical Interpretation: An Integrated Approach. Hendrickson, Peabody, MA, 3rd ed., 2008, pp. xix+380, ISBN 9781598560800 PDF
Ian Young 263-264


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