The experience of reproductive loss raises a series of profoundly
theological questions: how can God have a plan for my life? Why didn’t
God answer my prayers? How can I have hope after such an experience? Who
am I after such a loss? Sadly, these are questions that, along with
reproductive loss, have largely been ignored in theology. Karen
O’Donnell tackles these questions head on, drawing on her own
experiences of repeated reproductive loss as she re-conceives theology
from the perspective of the miscarrying person. ↵
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Offering
a fresh, original, and creative approach to theology, O’Donnell
explores the complexity of the miscarrying body and its potential for
theological revelation. She offers a re-conception of theologies of
providence, prayer, hope, and the body as she reimagines theology out of
these messy origins. ↵
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This
book is for those who have experiences such losses and those who
minister to them. But it is also for all those who want to encounter a
creative and imaginative approach to theology and the life of faith in
our messy, complex world.
Dr Karen O’Donnell is Coordinator at the Centre for Contemporary Spirituality, Sarum College.