My Body is Where I Exist: Poverty, Disability, and Embodied Resistance as a Theology of Practice
This paper explores embodiment as a locus for theological practices of addressing socio-economic inequality, focusing particularly on the intersections of disability and poverty. Engaging the work of Sharon Betcher and Mayra Rivera, the paper explores the relationship between spirit and flesh, and h...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023
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International journal of practical theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-79 |
| Further subjects: | B
Activism
B Creative methods B Creativity B Inequality |
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| Summary: | This paper explores embodiment as a locus for theological practices of addressing socio-economic inequality, focusing particularly on the intersections of disability and poverty. Engaging the work of Sharon Betcher and Mayra Rivera, the paper explores the relationship between spirit and flesh, and highlights the need for theologies to engage with and learn from unruly, excluded bodies. The paper constructs three poetic accounts from a collaborative project with UK activists to highlight embodied practices of navigating and resisting inequality, and the creative, sensory knowledges necessary for developing critiques of oppressive systems. Die Studie basiert auf einem Kunstprojekt mit britischen Aktivist*innen, die sich für die Rechte von Menschen mit chronischen Erkrankungen und Behinderungen einsetzen. Aus deren poetischen Tagebüchern arbeitet der Aufsatz heraus, welches Widerstandspotenzial das alltägliche "embodied knowledge" von Menschen birgt, die aufgrund ihrer Körper Exklusionserfahrungen machen, und wie dieses in eine (praktisch-)theologische Kritik an strukturellen Problemen der Benachteiligung und Ungleichheit einfließen kann. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9768 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/ijpt-2022-0019 |