Those who speak as moral voices of religion often focus on behaviors associated with reproduction. How strange, then, that mothers have been so marginalized by monotheistic religions. This episode of Ethics Forward brings you four interventions -- two from Jewish perspectives and two from Christian perspectives -- on what religious ethics can learn from maternal experience.
The speakers gathered at the joint meetings of the Societies for Christian Ethics, for Jewish Ethics, and for the Study of Muslim Ethics in lovely downtown Louisville Kentucky in January 2019. They graciously agreed to be recorded and the resulting panel discussion is here. The panel features Mara Benjamin of Mt. Holyoke College; Michal Raucher of Rutgers University; Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar of Loyola University Chicago; and Cristina Traina of Northwestern University. It's profound and insightful, but does not require any deep familiarity with theological or philosophical ethics.
Cover image is "Moïse exposé sur les eaux" (Moses cast into the Nile) by Nicolas Colombel (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colombel_-_Mo%C3%AFse_expos%C3%A9_sur_les_eaux.jpg).
Embedded music is "Sage" and "Some Nice Pluks" by Prismic (soundcloud.com/prismicofficial).