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Human Disability and the Service of God

Reassessing Religious Practice [Paperback]

by Nancy Eiesland

    • Author

      Nancy Eiesland

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Abingdon Press

    • Published

      August 1998

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      A living religious tradition continually reassesses its practices. In our contemporary situation, the task of reassessment must attend to the presence of persons with disabilities who are increasingly taking part in public life and therefore in the worship and work of the churches. What questions, insights, and perspectives should be advanced if people with disabilities, in all their diversity, were placed at the center of religious life and education? The fourteen contributors to this volume address this multi-faceted question. Drawing upon various disciplines and diverse experiences, the authors explore how human disability bears upon the service of God. In turn, the chapters examine how the participation of people with disabilities relates to interpretation of biblical and other sacred texts that speak of sin, disability, and healing; what theological vision is necessary to integrate the disabled into Christian life and worship; what the socio-cultural context is within which people with disabilities press for full inclusion; and how worship, as a theological act, can form communities in a more relevant spirituality of inclusiveness. Congregations are challenged by these writers to re-envision their actual practices of communal life and worship. This collaborative work shows that the "service of God" as liturgy and as communal accountability can deepen and mature only as the diversity of human capabilities is honored.

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      • Author

        Nancy Eiesland

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Abingdon Press

      • Published

        August 1998

      • Editor

        Nancy L. Eiesland;Don E. Saliers

      • Weight

        464g

      • Page Count

        320

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 19 mm

      • ISBN

        9780687273164

      • ISBN-10

        0687273161

      • Eden Code

        116288

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      • Author/Creator: Nancy Eiesland

      • ISBN: 9780687273164

      • Publisher: Abingdon Press

      • Release Date: August 1998

      • Weight: 464g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 19 mm

      • Eden Code: 116288


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