Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability – serie
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Madness
American Protestant Responses to Mental Illness
Häftad, 2023
743 kr
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Madness is a sin. Those with emotional disabilities are shunned. Mental illness is not the church's problem.All three claims are wrong.In Madness, Heather H. Vacek traces the history of Protestant reactions to mental illness in America. She reveals how two distinct forces combined to thwart …
Disability, Providence, and Ethics
Bridging Gaps, Transforming Lives
Häftad, 2023
923 kr
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Human disability raises the hardest questions of human existence and leads directly to the problem of causality—the underlying intuition that someone, divine or human, must have been at fault.Christian theology has responded with almost singular attention to Providence, the expression of divine …
Disability and Spirituality
Recovering Wholeness
Häftad, 2018
483 kr
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Disability and spirituality have traditionally been understood as two distinct spheres: disability is physical and thus belongs to health care professionals, while spirituality is religious and belongs to the church, synagogue, or mosque and their theologians, clergy, rabbis, and imams. This …
Becoming Friends of Time
Disability, Timefullness, and Gentle Discipleship
Av John Swinton
Häftad, 2018
377 kr
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Time is central to all that humans do. Time structures days, provides goals, shapes dreams - and limits lives. Time appears to be tangible, real, and progressive, but, in the end, time proves illusory. Though mercurial, time can be deadly for those with disabilities. To participate fully in human …
Crippled Grace
Disability, Virtue Ethics, and the Good Life
Häftad, 2019
684 kr
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Crippled Grace combines disability studies, Christian theology, philosophy, and psychology to explore what constitutes happiness and how it is achieved. The virtue tradition construes happiness as whole-of-life flourishing earned by practiced habits of virtue. Drawing upon this particular …
Bible and Disability
A Commentary
Av Sarah J. Melcher, Mikeal C. Parsons m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
959 kr
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The Bible and Disability: A Commentary (BDC) is the first comprehensive commentary on the Bible from the perspective of disability. The BDC examines how the Bible constructs or reflects human wholeness, impairment, and disability in all their expressions. Biblical texts do envision the ideal body, …
Becoming Friends of Time
Disability, Timefullness, and Gentle Discipleship
Av John Swinton
Inbunden, 2018
589 kr
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Time is central to all that humans do. Time structures days, provides goals, shapes dreams - and limits lives. Time appears to be tangible, real, and progressive, but, in the end, time proves illusory. Though mercurial, time can be deadly for those with disabilities. To participate fully in human …
Disability and Spirituality
Recovering Wholeness
Inbunden, 2018
1022 kr
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Disability and spirituality have traditionally been understood as two distinct spheres: disability is physical and thus belongs to health care professionals, while spirituality is religious and belongs to the church, synagogue, or mosque and their theologians, clergy, rabbis, and imams. This …
Wondrously Wounded
Theology, Disability, and the Body of Christ
Av Brian Brock
Häftad, 2020
589 kr
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The church welcomes all - or it should.The church has long proven itself a safe refuge despite the sad reality that it can be, and has been, unwelcoming toward those perceived as different. This is especially true of the contemporary church's response to those with disabilities-a response often at …
Prophetic Disability
Divine Sovereignty and Human Bodies in the Hebrew Bible
Inbunden, 2022
430 kr
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At first glance it may seem that the Hebrew prophets offer little resolution on contemporary concerns of inclusivity and defense for persons deemed "other." Bound by their time and culture, the prophets' message seems obscure and irrelevant. However, on closer look, we see that the prophets offer a …
Formed Together
Mystery, Narrative, and Virtue in Christian Caregiving
Av Keith Dow
Inbunden, 2021
743 kr
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Joy, pain, celebration, and grief are constant companions on the journey of caregiving. While remaining detached might seem the preferable option, it is not possible to disentangle the threads of our interwoven stories. Our lives are shaped by each other. We are transformed by our encounters.In …
Accessible Atonement
Disability, Theology, and the Cross of Christ
Inbunden, 2021
483 kr
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The atonement—where God in Jesus Christ addresses sin and the whole of the human predicament—lies at the heart of the Christian faith and life. Its saving power is for all people, and yet a deep hesitancy has prevented meaningful discussion of the cross' relevance for people with disabilities. …
Theology and Down Syndrome
Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity
Av Amos Yong
Inbunden, 2020
890 kr
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While the struggle for disability rights has transformed secular ethics and public policy, traditional Christian teaching has been slow to account for disability in its theological imagination. Amos Yong crafts both a theology of disability and a theology informed by disability. The result is a …
Becoming the Baptized Body
Disability and the Practice of Christian Community
Häftad, 2024
415 kr
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Baptism offers the distinctive practice of Christian initiation, rooted in Jesus' own baptism, ministry, death, and resurrection. Too often, however, people with intellectual disabilities are excluded from this core Christian practice and so barred from full inclusion in the life of discipleship. …
From Inclusion to Justice
Disability, Ministry, and Congregational Leadership
Av Erin Raffety
Häftad, 2022
331 kr
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American Christianity tends to view disabled persons as problems to be solved rather than people with experiences and gifts that enrich the church. Churches have generated policies, programs, and curricula geared toward "including" disabled people while still maintaining "able-bodied" theologies, …
Perfect in Weakness
Disability and Human Flourishing in the New Creation
Inbunden, 2023
589 kr
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One of the central and novel convictions of the early Christian movement compared to the existing Greco-Roman beliefs was the dogma of bodily resurrection. The Stoics esteemed temperance, disciplining the body to curb the flesh; the Epicureans embraced pleasure, indulging their worldly desires. …
Radical Dependence
Anthropology, Ethics, and Disability
Inbunden, 2026
641 kr
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Human beings are relationally dependent, regardless of race, gender, or functionality, and while persons with disability may seem to epitomize dependency, they are neither more nor less dependent than those without disabilities. Many people deny, if not absolutely reject, any claim of dependence on …
Held in the Love of God
Discipleship and Disability
Av Phil Letizia
Inbunden, 2024
641 kr
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Throughout its history, evangelicalism has neglected to consider the spiritual lives of people with profound intellectual disabilities and how their experiences might contribute to a fuller understanding of what it means to follow Jesus. Both the historic and modern constructions of evangelical …
Disruptive Witness
Intellectual Disability and the Christian Life
Inbunden, 2026
515 kr
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A Disruptive Witness: Intellectual Disability and the Christian Life develops a constructive theological account of the Christian witness of people with intellectual disabilities. Rempel proposes that people with intellectual disabilities witness to the God who has acted in history on our behalf, …
Theology and Down Syndrome
Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity
Av Amos Yong
Häftad, 2007
483 kr
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While the struggle for disability rights has transformed secular ethics and public policy, traditional Christian teaching has been slow to account for disability in its theological imagination. Amos Yong crafts both a theology of disability and a theology informed by disability. The result is a …
Flannery O'Connor
Writing a Theology of Disabled Humanity
Häftad, 2020
709 kr
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Flannery O'Connor is one of America's most unique Southern authors. Shortly after she began her writing career she was diagnosed with lupus. Despite her illness, O'Connor authored more than two dozen short stories and two novels. Her highly regionalized Southern Gothic stories often involve …
Bible and Disability
A Commentary
Av Amos Yong, Sarah J. Melcher m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
693 kr
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The Bible and Disability: A Commentary (BDC) is the first comprehensive commentary on the Bible from the perspective of disability. The BDC examines how the Bible constructs or reflects human wholeness, impairment, and disability in all their expressions. Biblical texts do envision the ideal body, …
Disability and World Religions
An Introduction
Av Darla Y. Schumm, Michael Stoltzfus
Häftad, 2021
589 kr
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Religion plays a critical role in determining how disability is understood and how persons with disabilities are treated. Examining the world's religions through the lens of disability studies not only peers deeply into the character of a particular religion, but also teaches something brand new …
Pastoral Care and Intellectual Disability
A Person-Centered Approach
Häftad, 2017
377 kr
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Every Christian is called to and gifted for ministry. The church can - and must - engage all of its members if it is to flourish fully. Far too often, persons with intellectual disabilities are excluded. While members with disability are often recipients of the church's ministry, they are seldom …
Disability and World Religions
An Introduction
Av Darla Y. Schumm, Michael Stoltzfus
Inbunden, 2016
589 kr
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Religion plays a critical role in determining how disability is understood and how persons with disabilities are treated. Examining the world's religions through the lens of disability studies not only peers deeply into the character of a particular religion, but also teaches something brand new …
Cerulean Soul
A Relational Theology of Depression
Inbunden, 2021
589 kr
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Depression is difficult to define. It is commonly described as a chemical imbalance, a subjective experience of despondency, or even a semiotic construct. The various theories of depression—biochemical, psychological, cultural—often reflect one's philosophical anthropology. How one defines the …
Becoming the Baptized Body
Disability and the Practice of Christian Community
Inbunden, 2022
483 kr
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Baptism offers the distinctive practice of Christian initiation, rooted in Jesus' own baptism, ministry, death, and resurrection. Too often, however, people with intellectual disabilities are excluded from this core Christian practice and so barred from full inclusion in the life of discipleship. …
Revelations of Divine Care
Disability, Spirituality, and Mutual Flourishing
Inbunden, 2024
641 kr
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At a Texas Hill Country ranch, Melody Escobar and her young son meet Bo, the retired racehorse that becomes his "go-to" sage in a remarkable equine program for children with disabilities. The weekly ritual in the riding arena ignites an inner transformation for Escobar and an ethnographic study of …
