[BOOK][B] The disabled God: Toward a liberatory theology of disability

NL Eiesland - 1994 - books.google.com
NL Eiesland
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Draws on themes of the disability-rights movement to identify people with disabilities as
members of a socially disadvantaged minority group rather than as individuals who need to
adjust. Highlights the hidden history of people with disabilities in church and society.
Proclaiming the emancipatory presence of the disabled God, the author maintains the vital
importance of the relationship between Christology and social change. Eiesland contends
that in the Eucharist, Christians encounter the disabled God and may participate in new …
Draws on themes of the disability-rights movement to identify people with disabilities as members of a socially disadvantaged minority group rather than as individuals who need to adjust. Highlights the hidden history of people with disabilities in church and society. Proclaiming the emancipatory presence of the disabled God, the author maintains the vital importance of the relationship between Christology and social change. Eiesland contends that in the Eucharist, Christians encounter the disabled God and may participate in new imaginations of wholeness and new embodiments of justice.
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