Motherhood in Christianity and Islam

Critiques, Realities, and Possibilities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID14760331
AutoresIrene Oh (0000-0003-2295-6030, George Washington University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen38
Número4
Páginas638-653
Fecha de publicación2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Religious Ethics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0384-9694 • E-ISSN: 1467-9795
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9795.2010.00456.x
OpenAlexW1536983877
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas13

Common experiences of mothering offer profound critiques of maternal ethical norms found in both Christianity and Islam. The familiar responsibilities of caring for children, assumed by the majority of Christian and Muslim women, provide the basis for reassessing sacrificial and selfless love, protesting unjust religious and political systems, and dismantling romanticized notions of childcare. As a distinctive category of women's experience, motherhood may offer valuable perspectives necessary for remedying injustices that afflict mothers and children in particular, as well as for developing cross‐cultural understandings of justice in general

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