By Emma Fowle2023-11-27T14:35:00
A Church of England priest introduces her artistic re-imaginings of the first Christmas
When Rev Hana Amner began training to become a priest, she found it “incredibly inaccessible”. From a working-class background, she didn’t fit the traditional mould, but found she loved theology, and could express it in a very particular way.
“I found myself illustrating theological ideas because, although I didn’t always have the words to explain them, I could put them into pictures,” she says.
With this collection of illustrations, Amner aims to: “reimagine the true elements of the Nativity story.” Mary and Joseph are depicted as refugees who walk down a high street, begging people to help them (above). Having experienced homelessness in her late teens, Amner knows what it’s like to be in desperate need, yet be ignored by society.
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