Conceiving family : a practical theology of surrogacy and self /

Conceiving family : a practical theology of surrogacy and self /

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Author / Creator:	Tumminio, Danielle Elizabeth. author.
Imprint:	Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	x, 219 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Surrogate motherhood -- Religious aspects. Surrogate motherhood -- Social aspects. Families -- Religious aspects. Human reproductive technology -- Religious aspects. Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects. Theology, Practical.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11962511

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ISBN:	1481310569 9781481310567
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index.
Summary:	"Through a theological lens, Conceiving Family analyzes what is at stake for the self, family, and society in surrogacy; through a close reading of the Bible it proposes that surrogacy is only as healthy for the individual as society's views allow. Tumminio Hansen shows how a cultural misconception of surrogacy isolates the parents, surrogates, and children involved through self-alienation, community alienation, and divine-human alienation. She concludes that surrogates and intended parents must therefore construct their relationships in terms of social belonging, and that this process affords human dignity to those involved by expanding community beyond the simple science of biological connection. In Conceiving Family, Tumminio Hansen ultimately reclaims surrogacy as an act that exists both within and beyond the reproductive realm, concluding that surrogacy has the potential to transform the identities of parenthood and community, re-conceiving family in the process"--Publisher's website.

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