Disability and Christian Theology

Embodied Limits and Constructive Possibilities

Bibliographic Data

ID7517043
AuthorsDeborah Beth Creamer (School of Theology, corresponding author)
Year2008
Pages168
Publication date2008-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueDisability and Christian theology (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressNew York (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195369151.001.0001
OpenAlexW4232179811
Open LibraryOL16818834M
ISBN9780195369151
LanguageEN
Citations received15

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. In addition, since most of us also experience limits that take the form of disability at some point in our lives; could be described as disability is more “normal” than non-disability. If we take such experiences seriously and refuse to reduce them to mere instances of suffering or randomness, 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

Sociology · Theology · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy · Religious Freedom and Discrimination · Religious studies · Behinderung · Body, Human · Christentum · Christianity · Disabilities · Human body · Human body, religious aspects · People with disabilities · People with disabilities, religious life · Religious aspects · Religious aspects of Disabilities · Religious aspects of the Human body · Religious life

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