Wondrously Wounded : Theology, Disability, and the Body of Christ /

The church has long proven itself a safe refuge despite the sad reality that it can be, and has been, unwelcoming toward those perceived as different. This is especially true of the contemporary church's response to those with disabilities--a response often at surprising variance with its histo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brock, Brian, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Brock, Brian, > 1970-
Christliche Ethik
Theologie
Behinderung
Church work with people with disabilities.
Disabilities > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Christian ethics.
Disabilities > Religious aspects.
Ethics.
Medical ethics.
ethics (philosophy)
Éthique medicale.
Morale.
Personnes handicapees > Aspect religieux.
Ethics, Medical
Ethics
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I Disability in the Christian tradition
  • Wonders from Jesus to Augustine
  • Wonders from Christendom to modernity
  • Part II Welcome and screening--Doxology and Anti-Doxology
  • Practicing welcome in the new world of genetic testing
  • Prenatal testing as anti-doxology
  • Part III Systems, norms, and modern medicine--Attending to creatures
  • Two critiques of Orthodox medical ethics
  • Quality of life in an industrialized age
  • Part IV The everydayness of mercy and wonder
  • Health in a fallen world
  • Autism and Christian hope
  • Part V Body-life as the communicative life of the worshiping community
  • The peculiar togetherness of the body of Christ
  • A remarkable stroke in a strange and remarkable war.

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