The Blessingway Ceremony: Ritual, Nostalgic Imagination and Feminist Spirituality

There is an increasing interest in the role of spirituality on the experience of health, wellness and illness, as well as the role of spiritual practice in health care provision. For pregnancy and childbirth, this focus has tended to concentrate on hospital birth settings and care, and religious for...

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Main Author: Burns, Emily (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2015]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2015, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 783-797
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B New Age
B Blessingway
B Homebirth
B Ritual
B Birth
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