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Ep. 21 Theology, Abortion, Hospitality and Care: A pro-choice Christianity
"A pregnant woman was going down to the Planned Parenthood clinic in Jericho, PA, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stole her purse with her cell phone, her money, and credit cards, leaving her dazed by the side of the road..."
-Margaret Kamitsuka
There's a lot of bad Christian theology out there trying to restrict people's rights, but what if a pro-choice perspective is actually the MOST Christian stance. How does a Christian ethic of care, hospitality and kénosis actually make a stronger argument for pro-choice than anti-choice postures? What does our experience of God say? Church tradition? Reason? What does the BIBLE say? (spoiler alert... it doesn't look great for the anti-choice extremists...)
As last week, if you didn't wake up today wanting to listen to two cis white guys talk about abortion, DONATE to Planned Parenthood or local abortion funds and then take a listen to some other voices:
Sources:
Balmer, Randall. The Real Origins of the Religious Right. 2014.
Bellinger, Charles. Review: Abortion and the Christian Tradition: A Pro-Choice Theological Ethic. 2020.
d’Almeida, Luís Duarte. "Fundamental Legal Concepts: The Hohfeldian Framework". 2016.
Genesis 2:7, Exodus 21:22-23, Numbers 5:11-31. The Bible. New International Version. 1973.
Glenza, Jessica. ‘Historical accident’: how abortion came to focus white, evangelical anger. 2021.
Judith Jarvis Thomson. "A Defense of Abortion". 1971.
Kamitsuka, Margaret. Abortion and the Christian Tradition: A Pro-Choice Theological Ethic. 2019.
Lymer, Jane. "Maternal Hospitality, Ethics and Ontology". 2016.
OllieGarkey. "Bible: Life Begins at Breath, Not Conception". 2014.
Tobiah. "'Pro-Life' is Anti-Biblical". 2022.
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"A pregnant woman was going down to the Planned Parenthood clinic in Jericho, PA, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stole her purse with her cell phone, her money, and credit cards, leaving her dazed by the side of the road..."
-Margaret Kamitsuka
There's a lot of bad Christian theology out there trying to restrict people's rights, but what if a pro-choice perspective is actually the MOST Christian stance. How does a Christian ethic of care, hospitality and kénosis actually make a stronger argument for pro-choice than anti-choice postures? What does our experience of God say? Church tradition? Reason? What does the BIBLE say? (spoiler alert... it doesn't look great for the anti-choice extremists...)
As last week, if you didn't wake up today wanting to listen to two cis white guys talk about abortion, DONATE to Planned Parenthood or local abortion funds and then take a listen to some other voices:
Sources:
Balmer, Randall. The Real Origins of the Religious Right. 2014.
Bellinger, Charles. Review: Abortion and the Christian Tradition: A Pro-Choice Theological Ethic. 2020.
d’Almeida, Luís Duarte. "Fundamental Legal Concepts: The Hohfeldian Framework". 2016.
Genesis 2:7, Exodus 21:22-23, Numbers 5:11-31. The Bible. New International Version. 1973.
Glenza, Jessica. ‘Historical accident’: how abortion came to focus white, evangelical anger. 2021.
Judith Jarvis Thomson. "A Defense of Abortion". 1971.
Kamitsuka, Margaret. Abortion and the Christian Tradition: A Pro-Choice Theological Ethic. 2019.
Lymer, Jane. "Maternal Hospitality, Ethics and Ontology". 2016.
OllieGarkey. "Bible: Life Begins at Breath, Not Conception". 2014.
Tobiah. "'Pro-Life' is Anti-Biblical". 2022.