Disability, Vocation, and Prophetic Witness

This paper builds on Frances Young’s suggestion that people with profound intellectual disability have a prophetic vocation. It explores the idea of vocation using the experience of intellectual disability as a critical hermeneutic that brings to the fore a perspective that views vocation as somethi...

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Main Author: Swinton, John 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. [2020]
In: Theology today
Year: 2020, Volume: 77, Issue: 2, Pages: 186-197
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
NBE Anthropology
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Disability
B Practical Theology
B Intellectual disability
B Discipleship
B Keywords vocation
B knowledge of God
B Vocation
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Summary:This paper builds on Frances Young’s suggestion that people with profound intellectual disability have a prophetic vocation. It explores the idea of vocation using the experience of intellectual disability as a critical hermeneutic that brings to the fore a perspective that views vocation as something that includes all of the Body of Christ and not just the head. The intention is to offer a different more theologically and practically inclusive perspective on vocation that might enable us to create communities where each member's vocation was valued and enabled.
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040573620920667