Salvation as to Celebrate Life through Initiating a Liberating Course of Karma: Experiences of the Blind and Visually Impaired in Hong Kong

This study suggests Christian salvation, as God’s power revealed in the eschaton brought by Jesus’ action in incarnation, crucifixion and resurrection to initiate a liberating course of karma for the blind and visually impaired, is based on a critical challenge to a Chinese version of dis/ableism im...

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Auteur principal: Kung, Lap Yan (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Taylor & Francis 2024
Dans: Journal of disability & religion
Année: 2024, Volume: 28, Numéro: 1, Pages: 28-45
Sujets non-standardisés:B Disability
B Blind
B Hong Kong
B Christian Salvation
B visually impaired
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Résumé:This study suggests Christian salvation, as God’s power revealed in the eschaton brought by Jesus’ action in incarnation, crucifixion and resurrection to initiate a liberating course of karma for the blind and visually impaired, is based on a critical challenge to a Chinese version of dis/ableism implicitly and explicitly expressed in a folk belief in paoying (a belief in retribution for what one does) and cán fèi (deformity and uselessness), thus empowering the blind and visually impaired to celebrate life in which they are received as a gift and they are gifted, with reference to the practice of the Hildesheimer Blindenmission in Hong Kong and a theological reflection of touch.
ISSN:2331-253X
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2023.2174239