Title
2020: Meghan Henning, Milestone Book Selection
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Year of Recognition
2020
Recognition
Promotion to the rank of Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies
Book Selection
Extraordinary Bodies, by Rosemarie Garland Thompson
Recommended Citation
Henning, Meghan, "2020: Meghan Henning, Milestone Book Selection" (2020). Milestone Recognition Program. 59.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/svc_milestone/59
Why the honoree chose the book
Thompson is a foundational thinker in disability studies, and this book, though not explicitly about ancient history or the New Testament, radically shifted the way that I think about bodies ancient and modern. Anyone who lives in a body, extraordinary or not, benefits from her work and the way that she challenges us to see our own role in the cultural value systems that we inherit and perpetuate.