LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 6 June 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Cancer - Language of Comfort and Healing
A Review of Deanna Thompson’s Hoping for More: Having Cancer, Talking Faith, and Accepting Grace

A Review by Swarna Thirumalai and M. S. Thirumalai

Deanna Thompson’s Hoping for More is a personal narrative of her journey through cancer. It is her personal ‘story of life and faith with stage IV cancer.’ In her own words, it is “a story about talking faith in the midst of cancer and talking cancer in light of faith; a way of speaking that resists conventional language about God’s relationship to suffering …” (p. xiv)

Deanna Thompson writes with strong faith, with empathy for all who suffer and with hope that comforts and heals. Her style and focus on the Supreme is something that, in addition to Christians, all Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Buddhists and diverse castes and communities in India and the Subcontinent would easily relate to, because of their strong bhakti tradition. While the focus is on the patient and the disease, the patient’s relationship to God and what and who God means takes the center stage all through this journey of painful cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery process. Deanna’s language is very personal and simple and her faith is so strong that it would easily resonate with all the Indian patients.

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