Part 1. Symptoms of disease. Devaluating pregnancy, childbearing, and the maternal body

Your assembly-line life

Motherhood and creative work, motherhood versus creative work

Part 2. Views of personhood in the ancient Mediterranean before and after Christianity. Worthless : the devaluing of women, children, and human beings in the pre-Christian Mediterranean

The useless ones : devaluing civilians in war and peace

The redemption of useless people

Part 3. Speaking life into a culture of death. Consolation for the weary sufferer

Seeking the city of God

In pursuit of human flourishing

Conclusion: Who is my neighbor? treasuring children, mothers, and all image bearers.