What is Research on Disability? Looking Backward to See Forward

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ID22112276
AuthorsBrian Brock (0009-0005-2921-0962, University of Aberdeen, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume26
Issue4
Pages390-413
Publication date2022-10-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Disability & Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2331-2521 • E-ISSN: 2331-253X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23312521.2021.1912684
OpenAlexW3168320252
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited26

Designating disability as an object of research was both the condition for the emergence of the field of disability theology and a paradoxical source of its continuing aporias. One such problematic conceptual dead end is the division in the academic field of religion and disability that has arisen between traditional theological discourse and social scientific approaches to investigating disability. By highlighting the inherent instability of disability definitions on which much social scientific research rests, this paper invites renewed engagement with history and tradition as conversation partners for disability theology. By proposing a critical hermeneutic of tradition, it aims to widen and integrate the range of methodological approaches available to theological investigators of disability

Conversation · Disability studies · Epistemology · Linguistics · Social science · Sociology · Disability Rights and Representation · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Family and Disability Support Research · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Psychology

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