Theology and Down syndrome: reimagining disability in late modernity

Anticipating Down syndrome and disability. Introduction : narrating and imagining Down syndrome and disability ; The blind, the deaf, and the lame : biblical and historical trajectories -- Down syndrome and disability in the modern world. Medicalizing Down syndrome : disability in the world of moder...

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Main Author: Yong, Amos 1965- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Waco, Tex. Baylor Univ. Press 2007
In:Year: 2007
Reviews:Book Review: THEOLOGY AND DISABILITY Theology and Down Syndrome: Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity. By Amos Yong. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007. Pp. xiii + 450. 39.95 (pbk). ISBN 978-1-6025 8-006-0 (2008) (Young, Frances M., 1939 -)
[Rezension von: Yong, Amos, Theology and Down Syndrome. Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity] (2011) (Kennedy, John)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Down-syndrome / Handicap / Theology / History 1950-2000
B Down-syndrome / Handicap / Theology / History
IxTheo Classification:CH Christianity and Society
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Church work with people with disabilities
B Down Syndrome Religious aspects Christianity
B People with disabilities Religious aspects Christianity
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Summary:Anticipating Down syndrome and disability. Introduction : narrating and imagining Down syndrome and disability ; The blind, the deaf, and the lame : biblical and historical trajectories -- Down syndrome and disability in the modern world. Medicalizing Down syndrome : disability in the world of modern science ; Deconstructing and reconstructing disability : late modern discourses ; Disability in context : feminist, cultural, and world religious perspectives -- Reimagining and renewing theology in late modernity : enabling a disabled world. Reimagining the doctrines of creation, providence, and the imago Dei : rehabilitating Down syndrome and disability ; Renewing ecclesiology : Down syndrome, disability, and the community of those being redeemed ; Rethinking soteriology : on saving Down syndrome and disability ; Resurrecting Down syndrome and disability : heaven and the healing of the world
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ISBN:1602580065