Silent Communion: The Prophetic Witness of The Profoundly Disabled
Contemporary biomedicine typically identifies conditions and states by what a person lacks rather than what he or she is. Accordingly, those with profound cognitive disability are said to lack agency, making them permanent recipients of unidirectional charity and calling into question their status a...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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| Στο/Στη: |
Journal of disability & religion
Έτος: 2018, Τόμος: 22, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 211-218 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Spirituality
B Inclusion B Intellectual disability B L'Arche B Moral Theology |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Σύνοψη: | Contemporary biomedicine typically identifies conditions and states by what a person lacks rather than what he or she is. Accordingly, those with profound cognitive disability are said to lack agency, making them permanent recipients of unidirectional charity and calling into question their status as persons. Seen theologically, however, the profoundly disabled are essential members of the church, without whom Christians cannot rightly worship God. It is through their mute and vulnerable witness that the Church learns to engage ancient practices of silent prayer and hospitality to strangers. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-253X |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2018.1447625 |
