ABSTRACT
The Christian gospel compels humanity to embrace deeper ways of being human together that will overcome false divisions and exclusions in search of flourishing and graced communities. Presenting both short narratives emerging out of theological reflection on experience and analytical essays arising from engagement in scholarly conversations Theology and the Experience of Disability is a conscious attempt to develop theology by and with people with disabilities instead of theology about people with disabilities.
A mixture of academic, professional, practical, and/or lived experience is brought to the topic in search of constructive multi-disciplinary proposals for church and society. The result is an interdisciplinary engagement with the constructive possibilities that emerge from a distinctly Christian understanding of disability as lived experience.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|80 pages
Theology, Disability, and Being
chapter 5|20 pages
No Longer Strangers
chapter 6|5 pages
Conversations with James on Leadership
part II|96 pages
Theology, Disability, and Belonging
chapter 11|16 pages
Banqueting and Disability in the Ancient World
chapter 13|19 pages
Welcoming and Including People with Intellectual Disability
chapter 14|12 pages
From Inclusion to Belonging
part III|90 pages
Theology, Disability, and Becoming