Faculty Colloquium Series: Tasha Dubriwny (COMM) 10/22/19
“Constituting the Pro-Choice Christian Citizen: Rhetorics of Community and Social Justice” Tuesday, October 22, 2019, 4-5 p.m. Location: 311 Glasscock Building Dr. Tasha Dubriwny Department of Communication, 2019-2020 Glasscock Faculty Research Fellow Abstract: In this essay, Dr. Dubriwny considers the rhetorical constitution of the pro-choice Christian citizen by offering an analysis of three recent books […]
“Constituting the Pro-Choice Christian Citizen: Rhetorics of Community and Social Justice”
Tuesday, October 22, 2019, 4-5 p.m.
Location: 311 Glasscock Building
Dr. Tasha Dubriwny
Department of Communication, 2019-2020 Glasscock Faculty Research Fellow
Abstract:
In this essay, Dr. Dubriwny considers the rhetorical constitution of the pro-choice Christian citizen by offering an analysis of three recent books that consider abortion from a progressive Christian viewpoint: Trust Women: A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justice by Rebecca Todd Peters, Pro-Choice and Christian: Reconciling Faith, Politics, and Justice by Kira Schlesinger, and Life’s Work: A Moral Argument for Choice by Dr. Willie Parker. She argues that the texts 1) constitute a Christian community dedicated to reproductive rights through strategic remembering, 2) construct a feminist and social justice hermeneutic through which they interpret both the Bible and current debates about reproductive rights, and 3) articulate pro-choice Christian citizenship with the civic action of civil rights leaders.
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