blog schedule.
blogs marked * are required research for seminars
blog 33 |
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blog subject:What are the beliefs and traditions concerning pregnancy among your people group? |
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resource questions for blog research:pregnancy |
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| Who performs abortion? | |
| For what reasons is abortion justified? | |
| How is abortion practiced? | |
| What is the attitude towards abortion? | |
| May a pregnant woman continue to have sex relations? What about a nursing woman or a menstruating woman? | |
| What may a pregnant woman do or not do? | |
| When does the soul take possession of the body of the newly conceived child? (at conception? At the first movement of the child? At birth? At some special ceremony?) | |
| Can the soul of the deceased be born another time? | |
| What is conceived – the soul or the body? | |
| Can a woman prevent pregnancy? What types of contraceptives (medical, traditional and spiritual) does she use? | |
| What type of “spiritual” receptivity does a woman need to become pregnant? | |
| What are the beliefs concerning how a woman becomes pregnant? | |