RT Article
T1 The Humanity of the Mentally Disabled: Toward a Theological Account of Personhood
JF Journal of disability & religion
VO 21
IS 1
SP 117
OP 130
A1 Yip, Peirce
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1572033193
AB What is it to be a human person? This is the question posed by all human existence, but particularly so by the mentally disabled. Their existence challenges the currently dominant understanding of humanity and personhood. The dependency of the mentally disabled is difficult to reconcile with the liberal conception of man as rational and autonomous. Meanwhile, the standard substantialist account of personhood fails to adequately ground the personal status of the mentally disabled. The author argues that only a theologically grounded relational account of personhood can explain why the mentally disabled are persons deserving of love and respect.
K1 Intellectual disability
K1 Moral Theology
K1 Systematic Theology
K1 Vulnerability
DO 10.1080/23312521.2016.1269253