From Inclusion to Leadership: Disabled “Misfitting” in Congregational Ministry

Drawing on ethnographic research, Scripture, and theology, this article posits that Christian arguments for inclusion with people with disabilities often fail to undermine ideologies of normalcy lurking at the heart of redemption. By reading the healing of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) with the p...

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Main Author: Raffety, Erin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2020]
In: Theology today
Year: 2020, Volume: 77, Issue: 2, Pages: 198-209
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
NBE Anthropology
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Disability
B Leadership
B Dialogue
B Inclusion
B Ministry
B Keywords disability
B Bartimaeus
B misfitting
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)