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Nadia Bolz-Weber — Seeing the Underside and Seeing God: Tattoos, Tradition, and Grace

On Being with Krista Tippett

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The Rise of Tattooing and Piercing

I think that to sort of willingly go and modify your body is almost always attached to a deeply meaningful story for people. And so there's an element of trust to it that can feel sacred in a sense, sometimes scary. If we believe that Christianity is incarnational, it's important to pay attention to human bodies. Some of us choose to carry those on the outside and not just on the inside.

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