Spirit and the politics of disablement
Preface -- Introduction: telling it slant -- The fear of falling -- Monstrosity, miracle, and mission : religion and the politics of disablement -- Medicine shows : humanitarianism, healing, and the physics of spirit -- Putting my foot (prosthesis, crutches, phantom) down : technology as transcenden...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis
Fortress Press
c2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
| IxTheo Classification: | RG Pastoral care |
| Further subjects: | B
Church work with people with disabilities
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| Summary: | Preface -- Introduction: telling it slant -- The fear of falling -- Monstrosity, miracle, and mission : religion and the politics of disablement -- Medicine shows : humanitarianism, healing, and the physics of spirit -- Putting my foot (prosthesis, crutches, phantom) down : technology as transcendence -- Conspicuous compassion : race, "disability," and salvific imperialism -- A Crip nation -- Rumor mills : spiritual practice in the Crip nation -- "A cripple on this bridge" : thinking difference, thinking differently -- Never quite herself again : Frida Kahlo's doctrine of creation -- Wisdom to make the world go on |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-246) and index |
| ISBN: | 0800662199 |