Theology and the Experience of Disability Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Voices down Under
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781472458209
Subjects: People with disabilities; Church work with people with disabilities
Description: The Christian gospel compels humanity to embrace deeper ways of being human together that will overcome false divisions and exclusions in search of flourishing and graced communities. Presenting both short narratives emerging out of theological reflection on experience and analytical essays arising from engagement in scholarly conversations Theology and the Experience of Disability is a conscious attempt to develop theology by and with people with disabilities instead of theology about people with disabilities. A mixture of academic, professional, practical, and/or lived experience is brought to the topic in search of constructive multi-disciplinary proposals for church and society. The result is an interdisciplinary engagement with the constructive possibilities that emerge from a distinctly Christian understanding of disability as lived experience.