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Practical Theology Volume 16, 2023 - Issue 3: Conference Issue 2022 - Flesh and blood: Embodiment and Practical Theology
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Flesh & blood: reproductive loss as a site of theological imagination (or doing theology with blood in your knickers)

Karen O’DonnellWestcott House, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 320-329 | Received 07 Dec 2022, Accepted 25 Apr 2023, Published online: 19 May 2023

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