RT Article
T1 Martin Luther and Childhood Disability in 16th Century Germany: What Did He Write? What Did He Say?
JF Journal of religion, disability & health
VO 5
IS 4
SP 5
OP 36
A1 Miles, M.
LA English
YR 2001
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/176604364X
AB Martin Luther's views on disability have been widely misapprehended and caricatured on the basis of a few items in a dubious edition of shorthand notes of conversations. His written and spoken arguments across 30 years (1517-1546) concerned with childbirth and infancy, devils, superstitions, changelings, prodigies, folly, disablement, deafness, participation in Christian sacraments, and exegesis of Biblical texts on disabled people, give a more reliable and interesting guide to his views, in the context of Luther's personal involvement with sickness, disability and practical care. Historically, European social and religious developments contained a broader range of views on disability than is commonly supposed, with some challenges for 21st century thought and practice.
K1 16th Century
K1 Luther
K1 Beliefs
K1 changeling
K1 Childhood
K1 Disability
K1 History
DO 10.1300/J095v05n04_02