Abstract
In This Is My Body, Anglican priest Jennie Hogan centres the importance of bodies and the stories they tell. Hogan's own body has been a place of pain and trauma throughout her life. Her unsparing personal narrative of life-threatening brain injury, interspersed with deep theological reflection, forms the basis of this book.
A gifted story-teller, Hogan begins by recounting her first near-death experience. As a child of 11, her brain began to haemorrhage blood. She goes on to describe the subsequent chain of medical episodes which resulted in her severe visual impairment and chronic epilepsy.
A gifted story-teller, Hogan begins by recounting her first near-death experience. As a child of 11, her brain began to haemorrhage blood. She goes on to describe the subsequent chain of medical episodes which resulted in her severe visual impairment and chronic epilepsy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 455-456 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Practical Theology |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Aug 2019 |