God Beyond Words

Christian Theology and the Spiritual Experiences of People with Profound Intellectual Disabilities

AvJill Harshaw

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

*Shortlisted for the Michael Ramsay Prize 2019*In this groundbreaking book, Jill Harshaw explores the spiritual experiences of people with profound intellectual disabilities with regard to their capacity to enjoy life-giving spiritual experiences in their own right.The author expertly argues that our thinking of spiritual life needs to start not with our assumptions about people who are unable to speak for themselves, but with what we can know about God. Stimulating a much-needed discussion, this book explains why we need to respect individuals with profound intellectual disabilities as spiritual persons, and stop seeing them simply as care-receivers or uncomfortable reminders of human vulnerability. Calling for a more critical approach in practical theology, this book invites a deeper, genuinely inter-disciplinary dialogue between new and traditional theological fields, and asks why, after more than 30 years of intellectual disability theology, the impact on church life remains minimal so that debates around the right to basic inclusion continue to dominate. The questions raised in this book not only move the discussion forward, but will spark a change on how the Church approaches inclusiveness.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-07-01
Mått:150 x 226 x 14 mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Religion and Theology
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN:9781785920448

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Dr Jill Harshaw teaches Practical Theology in the Institute of Theology, Queen's University Belfast. She is a key contributor to the Centre for Intellectual Disability Theology and Ministry based at Belfast Bible College which offers opportunities for graduate research, training for faith groups around the inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families, and advocacy on relevant ethical and ecclesiological issues. Jill's passion for disability theology is stimulated by her daughter, Rebecca, who has profound and complex intellectual disabilities.

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God Without Words probes deeply into the methodological and theological obstacles to understanding the spiritual experience of people with profound intellectual disability to discover we have to ask even more primordial questions about how God reveals Godself at all. The result is a wide-ranging scriptural, philosophical, and theological inquiry into the God who would be perceived by human flesh despite the limitations of cognition. What was intended as an intervention in the arena of intellectual disability has ripple effects in Christian theology as a whole.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. A Brief Contextual Survey of Disability in Society and Theology. 2. The Role of Qualitative Research in Intellectual Disability Theology. 3. Issues of Theological Language. 4. Theological Objections and Possibilities. 5. Arguments from Scripture. 6. The Mystical Experience of God. 7. Conclusion. Bibliography.