THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE CHURCH, TRADITION AND HOSPITAL An Anonymous Case Report and Social Critique of Religious Contradictions, Traditional Obligations and Medical Intervention in Maternal Healthcare Publication Institution: African Holy Land Research Centre (AHLRC) Publisher: African Holy Land Press Publication Type: Independent Social and Religious Critique Case Identity: Anonymous --- ABSTRACT This article examines a disturbing reported experience involving the intersection of Christianity, African traditional religious practices and modern healthcare during pregnancy and childbirth. The case concerns a married couple whose pregnancy became the centre of conflicting religious instructions, traditional obligations and medical intervention. According to the husband's account, church leaders encouraged prayer and fasting, while other religious and family authorities insisted that traditional sacrifices to the gods of the land were compulsory for successful childbirth. The husband repo...