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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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Taylor & Francis
2024
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Journal of disability & religion
Год: 2024, Том: 28, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 28-45 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Disability
B Blind B Hong Kong B Christian Salvation B visually impaired |
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| Итог: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-253X |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2023.2174239 |