motherhood
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A Working Mother’s Pandemic Spirituality
There have been a multitude of articles that talk about the mental health issues that are facing working mothers during the pandemic and it seems that this lack of solitude as a space to develop one’s spiritual life is part… Continue reading
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Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman
Motherhood is a defining moment for many women. So for those of us who cannot, or choose not to, become mothers, how are we to understand ourselves as women? Continue reading
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Mothers of the Movement: On Black Motherhood and Mary
Last year we moved away from an affluent suburb to the City of Hartford. Our neighborhood is (admittedly) still fairly affluent, but it is a little more diverse, and the issues of city life surround us. As a result of… Continue reading
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What Child is This?
I have heard it said that motherhood is a blessing. And while every child is a miracle, some arrive after longer periods of anxiety and uncertainty. We often don’t hear about struggles with infertility until peering into the soft face… Continue reading
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Some Reflections on Motherhood and Questions about the “Essence” of Women
I really want there to be something there, something that we can point to and say, “This is where women’s experience differs from men, and this can therefore be a foundation for a theology of and by women.” Unfortunately in… Continue reading
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Work-Life Balance and Parenting Styles: Bringing Up Bébé
A few days after I wrote my last post on work-life balance in academia, a dialogue broke out between the Catholic Moral Theology blog and Women in Theology about work-life balance in the context of motherhood in academia. My post… Continue reading
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A Mother in Theology
There are some challenges present to dissertating mothers that don’t seem to be present to dissertating fathers. Continue reading
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Demonizing African-American Mothers; Preserving White Space
On Tuesday in an Ohio courtroom, Kelly Williams-Bolar, a mother of two with no criminal record, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on 3 years probation for sending her children to school in a school district in… Continue reading