Spirit and the politics of disablement

Preface -- Introduction: telling it slant -- The fear of falling -- Monstrosity, miracle, and mission : religion and the politics of disablement -- Medicine shows : humanitarianism, healing, and the physics of spirit -- Putting my foot (prosthesis, crutches, phantom) down : technology as transcenden...

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Autor principal: Betcher, Sharon V. 1956- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Minneapolis Fortress Press c2007
En:Año: 2007
Clasificaciones IxTheo:RG Pastoral
Otras palabras clave:B Church work with people with disabilities
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Sumario:Preface -- Introduction: telling it slant -- The fear of falling -- Monstrosity, miracle, and mission : religion and the politics of disablement -- Medicine shows : humanitarianism, healing, and the physics of spirit -- Putting my foot (prosthesis, crutches, phantom) down : technology as transcendence -- Conspicuous compassion : race, "disability," and salvific imperialism -- A Crip nation -- Rumor mills : spiritual practice in the Crip nation -- "A cripple on this bridge" : thinking difference, thinking differently -- Never quite herself again : Frida Kahlo's doctrine of creation -- Wisdom to make the world go on
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-246) and index
ISBN:0800662199