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100 1 _aSchumm, Darla.
245 1 0 _aDisability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
_h[electronic resource] ;
_bSacred texts, historical traditions, and social analysis /
_cDarla Schumm, Michael Stoltzfus.
260 _aBasingstoke,
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2011.
300 _a268 p.
500 _aElectronic book text.
500 _aEpublication based on: 9780230119727, 2011.
505 0 _aPart 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.
506 _aAccess restricted to subscribing institutions.
520 _bThis 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.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
545 0 _aDarla Schumm is an associate professor of Religion at Hollins University. Michael Stoltzfus is a professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Valdosta State University.
650 0 _aDisabilities
_xReligious aspects.
650 0 _aHuman body
_xReligious aspects.
700 1 _aStoltzfus, Michael.
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