A Pandemic of Mistreatment: Theories, Practices, and Convergences in Womanist Clinical Pastoral Theology and Black Maternal Healthcare During Covid-19

African American women are facing a tripartite pandemic. COVID-19 continues to relentlessly sweep through our families and communities. White supremacy infects our justice system as we await – impatiently – for the justice of Breonna Taylor and other women like her. And, there remains an ever-presen...

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Published in:Journal of pastoral theology
Main Author: Chapman Lape, Jessica (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
In: Journal of pastoral theology
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
FD Contextual theology
NCH Medical ethics
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Mistreatment
B birthwork
B Womanist
B black maternal health
B Covid-19 Pandemic
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Summary:African American women are facing a tripartite pandemic. COVID-19 continues to relentlessly sweep through our families and communities. White supremacy infects our justice system as we await – impatiently – for the justice of Breonna Taylor and other women like her. And, there remains an ever-present and expanding pandemic of mistreatment in black maternal healthcare that has impacted the lives of countless women since our arrival to this land. This essay explores the pandemic of mistreatment in black maternal healthcare in light of the pandemic and through a womanist clinical pastoral theology articulates a response to interrupt it. This essay explores the birth story of Opal, who tells her story while living with COVID-19. Psychoanalytic frameworks are interwoven throughout Opal’s living human narrative to birth a womanist clinical pastoral response advocating for black birthwork as spiritual care.
ISSN:2161-4504
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2021.1929712