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  • 11 Mar 2011
    Ideology, body shame and plastic surgery

    There is little if anything that is straightforward or indeed ‘natural’ about the body, says Alison Jasper. It is a cultural canvas constructed through metaphors and a physical one preyed on by the idea that ‘more surgery will make me better somehow’.

  • 27 May 2010
    The new religion of body improvement

    Though the pursuit of bodily perfection is a global phenomenon, says Jeremy Biles, its roots may lie partly in American religion.

  • 8 Nov 2007
    The body as religious evidence

    As medical science continues to explore the wonder of the human body, we must ensure that our theological thinking keeps pace, says Kevin Boyd. Fleshly existence is deeply bound up with religious formation, not least in incarnational Christianity.