Emory RISE

Our first EnFaith study paper is out! It explores a range of abortion attitudes and pastoral care practices among Protestant religious leaders in rural Georgia, highlighting common ground in pastoral care practices across an abortion attitudes spectrum and identifying key opportunities for pastoral care resources and trainings to dispel misinformation about abortion and reduce stigma. Congrats to Jessica L. Dozier, who led this work, and to the rest of the EnFaith project team and advisory committee!

Abortion attitudes, religious and moral beliefs, and pastoral care among Protestant religious leaders in Georgia Objective The purpose of this study is to explore Protestant religious leaders’ attitudes towards abortion and their strategies for pastoral care in Georgia, USA. Religious leaders may play an important role in providing sexual and reproductive health pastoral care given a long history of supporti...

to RISE's first-ever "In the Spotlight" this past April - thanks so much to Rollins PhD student Ghenet Besera and Heidi Miller and Muzhda Oriakhil from Embrace Refugee Birth Support for teaching us about refugee in Georgia.

Stay tuned - we'll have another "In the Spotlight" this fall!