Intersections and Methods in Disability Theology: Bioethics and Critical Studies as Dialogue Partners
Disability theology has been a small but growing field over the past thirty years. This paper reviews the current methods used in the discipline and proposes ways to move the field forward. Two intersections between disability studies and Christian theological ethics are explored in particular: bioe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
2022
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Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 153-168 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FA Theology NBE Anthropology NCJ Ethics of science ZA Social sciences |
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| Summary: | Disability theology has been a small but growing field over the past thirty years. This paper reviews the current methods used in the discipline and proposes ways to move the field forward. Two intersections between disability studies and Christian theological ethics are explored in particular: bioethics and critical theory. Bioethics helps to address the material health and wellbeing concerns of people with disabilities and the discriminatory attitudes about disability that stem from the medical field. Critical theory on the other hand, examines disability through cultural productions that shape our ableist imaginary. Critical theory offers resources for countering or "disciplining" our imaginations. Both bioethics and critical theory offer unique entry points into disability, but each also contains limitations that reveal why disability theology must continue to engage multiple methods and discourses. |
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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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