The Relational–Revelational Image: A Reflection on the Image of God in the Light of Disability and on Disability in the Light of the Image of God
Characteristically Christians have explicated the image of God using language suggestive of ability or capacity (i.e., it is demonstrated in doing). This language undermines the status of people with disabilities who may be incapable of such doing. This article considers Jesus as the key to understa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2012
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Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2012, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 133-153 |
| Further subjects: | B
Disability
B Image of God B emergent B ecclesiology, eschatology |
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| Summary: | Characteristically Christians have explicated the image of God using language suggestive of ability or capacity (i.e., it is demonstrated in doing). This language undermines the status of people with disabilities who may be incapable of such doing. This article considers Jesus as the key to understanding the image of God. It argues that all human beings are made in God's image and that this image is displayed, through moral and interpersonal qualities, in relationship with God and others. This view includes people with disabilities, for they can experience relationship even without conscious participation. Three consequences of this view are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-9122 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15228967.2012.673083 |