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Author : Nancy L. Eiesland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015032957295
Integrating intellectual with personal, political and spiritual, the author defines a liberatory theology for the disabled.
Author : Nancy L. Eiesland
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426719318
Draws on themes of the disability-rights movement to identify people with disabilities as members of a socially disadvantaged minority group rather than as individuals who need to adjust. Highlights the hidden history of people with disabilities in church and society. Proclaiming the emancipatory presence of the disabled God, the author maintains the vital importance of the relationship between Christology and social change. Eiesland contends that in the Eucharist, Christians encounter the disabled God and may participate in new imaginations of wholeness and new embodiments of justice.
Author : Michael S. Beates
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433530487
Michael Beates's concern with disability issues began nearly 30 years ago when his eldest child was born with multiple profound disabilities. Now, as more families like Michael's are affected by a growing number of difficulties ranging from down syndrome to autism to food allergies, the need for church programs and personal paradigm shifts is greater than ever. Working through key Bible passages on brokenness and disability while answering hard questions, Michael offers here helpful principles for believers and their churches. He shows us how to embrace our own brokenness and then to embrace those who are more physically and visibly broken, bringing hope and vision to those of us who need it most.
Author : Jennifer Anne Cox
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532634550
Have you ever wondered whether God knows what it is like to have a disability? Can God know this? The answer to these questions matters to the estimated one billion people with a disability worldwide. Jesus the Disabled God offers an affirmative answer. Jesus' ministry was itself a positive affirmation of those who experience disability, but Jesus went beyond ministry to people with disabilities and actually experienced disability himself on the cross. The amazing thing about this experience is that it was freely chosen, even planned from all eternity. As a consequence, the God-man Jesus now knows what it is like to have a disability. Furthermore, because of his glorious resurrection from the dead, Jesus is no longer disabled and can offer hope to those who are.
Author : Charles Marsh,Peter Slade,Sarah Azaransky
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190630720
"Written as a two-year collaboration of the Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia, this volume offers a series of illustrations and styles that distinguish Lived Theology in the broader conversation with other major approaches to the religious interpretation of embodied life."--Jacket.
Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594634406
"The question of why God would allow pain and suffering in the world has vexed believers and nonbelievers forever. In Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Timothy Keller takes on this enduring issue and shows that there is meaning and reason behind pain and suffering, making a forceful and groundbreaking case that this essential part of the human experience can be overcome only by understanding our relationship with God. Using biblical wisdom and personal stories of overcoming adversity, Keller brings a much-needed, fresh viewpoint to this important issue."--Back cover
Author : Larry J. Waters,Roy B. Zuck
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433525834
With two in seven American families affected by disability, the body of Christ has a great opportunity for ministry. This new anthology uniquely points the way, training churches, caregivers, pastors, and counselors to compassionately respond. The book's contributors—ranging from Joni Eareckson Tada and others living with disabilities, to seminary professors, ministry leaders, and medical professionals—do more than offer a biblical perspective on suffering and disability; they draw from very personal experiences to explore Christians' responsibility toward those who suffer. The volume addresses various disabilities and age-related challenges, end-of-life issues, global suffering, and other concerns—all the while reminding readers that as they seek to help the hurting, they will be ministered to in return. This unprecedented work, which includes a foreword by Randy Alcorn, belongs in the hands of every Christian worker and caring individual who is seeking a real-world, biblical perspective on suffering.
Author : Nancy L. Eiesland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015046903616
Explores the role of human disability in the service of God and examines how the participation of people with disabilities relate to the scriptures that speak of sin, disability, and healing. Challenges the current practices within the churches, encourages people with disabilities to press for full inclusion, suggests that congregations should re-envision their actual practices in communal life and worship, and presents a selection entitled "Disabling the Lie." Includes topic and name indices.
Author : Lisa D. Powell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567694355
Lisa D. Powell strengthens and amplifies the claim that God is disabled, made by Nancy Eiesland in her ground breaking book The Disabled God (1994). She offers an alternative understanding of the doctrine of God and the Trinity, resulting in a God who is not autonomous and utterly independent. According to this view, God's triune identity is established in God's decision for covenant, and thus creation is a requirement for the fulfillment of God's nature - not only is the Son always anticipating full embodiment and human nature, but more specifically is eternally anticipating an impaired body. Powell argues that God is not only interdependent within the immanent Trinity, but God experiences real dependency, risk and vulnerability from God's “original” self-determination. Powell revisits Eiesland's claim about Christ's resurrected body and her conclusions about eschatological embodiment, arguing that it is the able-body that does not persist eschatologically, but all humanity journeys toward ever more transparency, vulnerability and interdependency as the Body of Christ.
Author : Amy Kenny
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493437092
"With humorous prose and wry wit, Kenny makes a convincing case for all Christians to do more to meet access needs and embrace disabilities as part of God's kingdom. . . . Inclusivity-minded Christians will cheer the lessons laid out here."--Publishers Weekly Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection, says Amy Kenny. It is time for the church to start treating disabled people as full members of the body of Christ who have much more to offer than a miraculous cure narrative and to learn from their embodied experiences. Written by a disabled Christian, this book shows that the church is missing out on the prophetic witness and blessing of disability. Kenny reflects on her experiences inside the church to expose unintentional ableism and cast a new vision for Christian communities to engage disability justice. She shows that until we cultivate church spaces where people with disabilities can fully belong, flourish, and lead, we are not valuing the diverse members of the body of Christ. Offering a unique blend of personal storytelling, fresh and compelling writing, biblical exegesis, and practical application, this book invites readers to participate in disability justice and create a more inclusive community in church and parachurch spaces. Engaging content such as reflection questions and top-ten lists are included.
Author : Summer Kinard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Church work with people with disabilities
ISBN : 1944967613
Disability is not a boundary to holiness, because God is with us. But it can sometimes be an obstacle to full participation in the life of the Church, simply because many do not understand what is needed to help people with disabilities overcome any physical, mental, or interpersonal challenges they may face in church and in leading an Orthodox Christian life. This book addresses the question from theological, practical, and experiential perspectives, giving individuals and families with disabilities the opportunity to voice their needs and suggest some things the rest of us can do to make them welcome in the household of God.
Author : Thomas E. Reynolds
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781587431777
A theologian and father of a child with disabilities reveals how disability highlights our common brokenness and need for grace.
Author : Dave Furman
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433556487
“I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.” What does it mean to “kiss the wave?” These words, attributed to nineteenth-century British preacher Charles Spurgeon, speak to the Christian’s only hope for perseverance in suffering. What if we can learn to experience the nearness of God in the midst of suffering? What if God intends to work through our trials rather than simply take them away? After living for more than a decade with a debilitating nerve condition in both arms, Dave Furman shows us that God, in his grace, always designs trials for our good—not minimizing the pain, but infusing significance into our suffering. Furman demonstrates that, even when tossed to and fro by stormy waves, God is near . . . and that makes all the difference in the world.
Author : Jennifer Anne Cox
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532634550
Have you ever wondered whether God knows what it is like to have a disability? Can God know this? The answer to these questions matters to the estimated one billion people with a disability worldwide. Jesus the Disabled God offers an affirmative answer. Jesus' ministry was itself a positive affirmation of those who experience disability, but Jesus went beyond ministry to people with disabilities and actually experienced disability himself on the cross. The amazing thing about this experience is that it was freely chosen, even planned from all eternity. As a consequence, the God-man Jesus now knows what it is like to have a disability. Furthermore, because of his glorious resurrection from the dead, Jesus is no longer disabled and can offer hope to those who are.
Author : Henri J. M. Nouwen
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570759949
In the final year before his death, Nouwen began to write an account of the death of his friend Adam, a severely handicapped young man. Through this story, Nouwen found a new way to tell God's story and the story of all human creatures, broken and yet beloved.
