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Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam [electronic resource] ; Sacred texts, historical traditions, and social analysis / Darla Schumm, Michael Stoltzfus.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: 268 pISBN:
  • 9780230339491
  • 0230339492
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  • 200.87 23
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Contents:
Part I: Sacred Texts, Historical Traditions and Disability Reading Talmudic Bodies: Disability, Narrative, and the Gaze in Rabbinic Judaism-- J.Watts Belser What the Rabbis Heard: Deafness in the Mishnah-- B.Gracer Islam and Disability: Broad Outlines-- M.Ghaly Leprosy in Early Islam-- M.L.Long Vitiliginous (Sk)Inscriptions: Historical Religious Interpretations of Involuntarily Whining Skin-- E.R.Sierra-Zarella Resurrecting Deformity: Augustine on Wounded and Scarred Bodies in the Heavenly Realm-- K.Upson-Saia PART II: Social and Philosophical Perspectives on Religion and Disability Religious Metaphors as a Justification for Eugenic Control: A Historical Analysis-- G.V.O'Brian & A.Molinari Catholicism and Disability: Sacred and Profane-- C.James Disability and the Love of Wisdom: De-forming, Re-forming, and Per-forming Philosophy of Religion-- A.Yong Beyond Models: Tentative Daoist Contributions to Disability Studies-- D.Schumm & M.Stoltzfus.
Summary: This edited collection of essays critically examines how diverse religions of the world represent, understand, theologize, theorize and respond to disability and/or chronic illness. Contributors employ a wide variety of methodological approaches including ethnography, historical, cultural, or textual analysis, personal narrative, and theological/philosophical investigation.
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Part I: Sacred Texts, Historical Traditions and Disability Reading Talmudic Bodies: Disability, Narrative, and the Gaze in Rabbinic Judaism-- J.Watts Belser What the Rabbis Heard: Deafness in the Mishnah-- B.Gracer Islam and Disability: Broad Outlines-- M.Ghaly Leprosy in Early Islam-- M.L.Long Vitiliginous (Sk)Inscriptions: Historical Religious Interpretations of Involuntarily Whining Skin-- E.R.Sierra-Zarella Resurrecting Deformity: Augustine on Wounded and Scarred Bodies in the Heavenly Realm-- K.Upson-Saia PART II: Social and Philosophical Perspectives on Religion and Disability Religious Metaphors as a Justification for Eugenic Control: A Historical Analysis-- G.V.O'Brian & A.Molinari Catholicism and Disability: Sacred and Profane-- C.James Disability and the Love of Wisdom: De-forming, Re-forming, and Per-forming Philosophy of Religion-- A.Yong Beyond Models: Tentative Daoist Contributions to Disability Studies-- D.Schumm & M.Stoltzfus.

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This edited collection of essays critically examines how diverse religions of the world represent, understand, theologize, theorize and respond to disability and/or chronic illness. Contributors employ a wide variety of methodological approaches including ethnography, historical, cultural, or textual analysis, personal narrative, and theological/philosophical investigation.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Darla Schumm is an associate professor of Religion at Hollins University. Michael Stoltzfus is a professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Valdosta State University.

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