Disability and Christian Theology Embodied Limits and Constructive PossibilitiesOxford University Press, 5. jan. 2009 - 168 sider Attention to embodiment and the religious significance of bodies is one of the most significant shifts in contemporary theology. In the midst of this, however, experiences of disability have received little attention. This book explores possibilities for theological engagement with disability, focusing on three primary alternatives: challenging existing theological models to engage with the disabled body, considering possibilities for a disability liberation theology, and exploring new theological options based on an understanding of the unsurprisingness of human limits. The overarching perspective of this book is that limits are an unavoidable aspect of being human, a fact we often seem to forget or deny. Yet not only do all humans experience limits, most of us also experience limits that take the form of disability at some point in our lives; in this way, disability is more "normal" than non-disability. If we take such experiences seriously and refuse to reduce them to mere instances of suffering, we discover insights that are lost when we take a perfect or generic body as our starting point for theological reflections. While possible applications of this insight are vast, this work focuses on two areas of particular interest: theological anthropology and metaphors for God. This project challenges theology to consider the undeniable diversity of human embodiment. It also enriches previous disability work by providing an alternative to the dominant medical and minority models, both of which fail to acknowledge the full diversity of disability experiences. Most notably, this project offers new images and possibilities for theological construction that attend appropriately and creatively to diversity in human embodiment. |
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Deborah Beth Creamer. Academy Series A Publication Series of The American Academy of Religion and Oxford University Press Gregory of Nyssa and the Concept of Divine Persons lucian turcescu Graham Greene's Catholic Imagination mark bosco ...
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... Religious aspects—Christianity. 2. Disabilities— Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title. BT741.3.C74 2009 261.8'324—dc22 2008017160 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper To Del Brown, teacher and ...
... Religious aspects—Christianity. 2. Disabilities— Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title. BT741.3.C74 2009 261.8'324—dc22 2008017160 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper To Del Brown, teacher and ...
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... religion as part of my master's work, and to Delwin Brown, Sheila Davaney, Albert Hernández, and Frank Seeburger, who helped me develop these issues into the dissertation “The Withered Hand of God: Disability and Theological Reflection ...
... religion as part of my master's work, and to Delwin Brown, Sheila Davaney, Albert Hernández, and Frank Seeburger, who helped me develop these issues into the dissertation “The Withered Hand of God: Disability and Theological Reflection ...
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... religious studies as well. Within the past ten years, for example, we have seen a profusion of works such as Theology and the Body; Thealogy and Embodiment; Religious Reflections on the Human Body; Begin with the Body; Religion and the ...
... religious studies as well. Within the past ten years, for example, we have seen a profusion of works such as Theology and the Body; Thealogy and Embodiment; Religious Reflections on the Human Body; Begin with the Body; Religion and the ...
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... Religion in 2003, for example, a number of audience members in a session of the Religion and Disability Studies group (including some particularly distinguished scholars) questioned the legitimacy of those who presented papers or asked ...
... Religion in 2003, for example, a number of audience members in a session of the Religion and Disability Studies group (including some particularly distinguished scholars) questioned the legitimacy of those who presented papers or asked ...
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1 Understanding Disability | 13 |
2 Disability and Christianity | 35 |
3 Theology and the Disabled Body | 53 |
4 Liberation Theologies of Disability | 75 |
5 Limits and Disability Theology | 93 |
Embodied Limits and Constructive Possibilities | 115 |
Notes | 121 |
Bibliography | 135 |
Index | 153 |
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