{"product_id":"body-soul-and-comics-graphic-religion-and-graphic-medicine-hardcover","title":"Body, Soul, and Comics: Graphic Religion and Graphic Medicine - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. David Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBody, Soul, and Comics: Graphic Religion and Graphic Medicine \u003c\/em\u003efollows A. David Lewis's unique scholarly journey through graphic religion and graphic medicine, exploring how comics intersect with healthcare, clinical practice, spirituality, patient experience, and belief. Drawing on more than two decades of academic research, Lewis reframes both fields through the distinct narrative and visual language of comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough often seen as opposites--spiritual versus scientific--religion and medicine share concerns with selfhood, community, personal well-being, and transformation. Through comics, Lewis reveals these shared concerns and examines how selfhood, identity, and embodiment emerge through visual storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending scholarship with autobiography, Lewis weaves personal moments--a religious conversion, experiences with anxiety, and academic work within a healthcare setting--into a broader analysis of representation and meaning in comic books. His account resists the traditional divide between theory and lived experience, grounding abstract ideas in the personal and the visual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBody, Soul, and Comics\u003c\/em\u003e is both a call for disciplinary reunification and a meditation on how comics themselves bridge seemingly disparate realms--text and image, body and spirit, illness and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. David Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English and health humanities at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS). Lewis is also an Eisner Award nominee (2015) and judge (2023) as well as coeditor of \u003ci\u003eGraven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMuslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation\u003c\/i\u003e. A founder of library collections at both Boston University and MCPHS, Lewis focuses his teaching and research on the depictions of cancer and of loneliness in comic books and graphic novels. He is inaugural coeditor of the \u003ci\u003eGraphic Medicine Review \u003c\/i\u003eand the acclaimed author of such comics as \u003ci\u003eThe Lone and Level Sands \u003c\/i\u003eand the one hundredth anniversary comics adaptation of Kahlil Gibran's \u003ci\u003eThe Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45664417153126,"sku":"9781496862266","price":192.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/gt-3-YK1fe9781496862266.webp?v=1779879027","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/body-soul-and-comics-graphic-religion-and-graphic-medicine-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}