Disability and Resurrection: Eschatological Bodies, Identity, and Continuity
This article engages the debate around embodiment in the resurrected life, drawing from sources in disability theology, black theology, and womanist ethics. Do we retain "body marks," as M. Shawn Copeland calls them in her consideration of the scars and wounds on black bodies? Or, as Nancy...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-106 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBE Anthropology NBQ Eschatology |
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| Summary: | This article engages the debate around embodiment in the resurrected life, drawing from sources in disability theology, black theology, and womanist ethics. Do we retain "body marks," as M. Shawn Copeland calls them in her consideration of the scars and wounds on black bodies? Or, as Nancy Eiesland and Amos Yong discuss it: do we retain our impairments as Christ did after his resurrection? I will describe the debate, highlight concern over continuity of identity, and use J. Kameron Carter's work on theology and race to propose an alternative approach. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-2176 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
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