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Autism, humanity and personhood : a Christ-centred theological anthropology /
Theological anthropology is charged with providing an understanding of the human, but there are numerous challenges to this. Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder, the main characteristic of which is difficulty in social interaction. In its severest form, a person with low-functioning autism...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Pressing Question; How Might We Go About Answering the Question?; Outline of the Book; Chapter One; Introduction; The "Discovery"4 of Autism; The Core Features of Autism; Autism over the Lifetime; Perceptions of Autism; Autism Terminology; Two Lived Experiences of Autism; Conclusion: Theological Questions; Chapter Two; Introduction; In the Beginning Elohim; God Said, "Let There Be Light"; Creation ex Nihilo; Let Us Make Humans in Our Image; Autism and the Image of God; Have Dominion over the Earth; Adam Gave Names to All the Animals
- It Is Not Good to Be AloneNo Autism in the Beginning; The Origin of Autism; Conclusion; Chapter Three; Introduction; The Problem Which Inability Poses to Theology; Some Inclusive Anthropologies; Jesus Christ: True Human Being and True Image of God; Irenaeus: Recapitulation; The Implications of Irenaeus' Theology; J.B. Torrance; Implications of the Vicarious Humanity of Christ; The Nature of Human Personhood; Personhood and Severe Autism; Jesus Christ the Humanizing Human and Personalizing Person; Humanizing Human and Personalizing Person and Autism; Conclusion; Chapter Four; Introduction
- The Meaning and Purpose of the AtonementJesus Bears the Loneliness of the Cross for Us; Conclusion; Chapter Five; Introduction; Eiesland: The Disabled God; Yong: Removing the Disability Would Remove the Person; Critique of Eiesland and Yong; The Resurrection; Conclusion; Chapter Six; Introduction; Three Views of Salvation for People with Cognitive Disability; Infant Salvation; John the Baptist: Exemplar of Infant Salvation; The Nature of Saving Faith; The Holy Spirit; Conclusion; Conclusion; Revisiting the Core Ideas of the Book; Implications of an Extrinsic Anthropology