Transcendent Ecologies
Protestantism and Mid-Nineteenth-Century Birth Medicine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21581399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Edwell (corresponding author), Religious Communication Association |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 47-64 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Communication and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-2838 |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/jcr20244729 |
| OpenAlex | W7147028227 |
| Language | EN |
This essay investigates the role of religion in the development of modern obstetrics, forging a connection between rhetoric of health and medicine and rhetoric of religion. To study this convergence, I combine Kenneth Burke’s “terministic screens” with Jenny Edbauer’s “rhetorical ecologies.” In particular, I analyze a variety of mid-nineteenth-century texts on midwifery/obstetrics to demonstrate how writers communicated within a transcendent ecology. Ultimately, I show that Protestant terms and beliefs were essential to not only sectarian, but also allopathic arguments about medical intercession in childbirth
Modern medicine · Protestantism · Rhetoric · Moravian Church and William Blake · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |