Abstract
This paper contains data pertaining to cultural views on fertility and infertility and the use of traditional healing in infertility from a sample of 24 case studies of infertile participants and from 12 religious leaders representative of the faiths of the infertile participants. This is followed by a discussion on the impact of religion on the handling of infertility. The unique differences between the Indian and African world views compared with those of Coloreds and Whites are evident. However the impact of religion on the handling of infertility reflects similarities across different religious groups. Within the various themes that emerged regarding religion and infertility the most pervasive across all religious faiths was that infertility was seen as punishment for wrong-doing. The individuals level of involvement with religion their personal conception of God and their sense of self in relation to God appeared to be important factors in influencing the impact of religion on the experience of infertility. (authors)
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