REVIEWS
The Christian Century
“When does ‘ensoulment’ of a fetus occur? What have we lost as we’ve allowed modern medicine to reign over our pregnant bodies? How does pregnancy at the same time incubate new life and change women? Howard considers these questions from an academic framework; yet, her artful prose makes the book accessible to any thoughtful reader interested in understanding pregnancy within the context of history and culture.”
The Living Church
“In order to reverse the goyish Gnosticism so prevalent in north American Christianity, we need to take Howard’s book seriously, and her suggestions for marking pregnancy with the kind of ritual importance that we give to death.”