num_pages: 240
description: The birth of a child is important in the lives of women, families, and communities. It can also be a vital force to churches in providing them with a model for strength, endurance, and compassion, says Margaret Hammer. Despite a wealth of fascinating material, childbearing is an underdeveloped theme in theology and ministry. Hammer intends to remedy that with this fascinating book.
language: English
title: Giving Birth: Reclaiming the Biblical Metaphor for Pastoral Practice
titlecomplete: Giving Birth: Reclaiming the Biblical Metaphor for Pastoral Practice
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Westminster John Knox Press