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Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam : sacred texts, historical traditions, and social analysis /
"This edited collection of essays critically examines how diverse religions of the world represent, understand, theologize, theorize and respond to disability and/or chronic illness. Contributors employ a wide variety of methodological approaches including ethnography, historical, cultural, or...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Section 1. Sacred Texts, Historical Traditions and Disability: 1. Reading Talmudic Bodies: Disability, Narrative, and the Gaze in Rabbinic Judaism / Julia Watts Belser; 2. What the Rabbis Heard: Deafness in the Mishnah / Bonnie Gracer; 3. Leprosy in Early Islam / Matthew L. Long; 4. Vitiliginous (Sk)Inscriptions: Historical Religious Interpretations of Involuntarily Whining Skin / Elizabeth R. Sierra; 5. Out of the Darkeness: Examining the Rhetoric of Blindness in the Gospel of John / Jennifer L. Koosed and Darla Schumm; 6. Resurrecting Deformity: Augustine on Wounded and Scarred Bodies in the Heavenly Realm / Kristi Upson-Saia
- Section 2. Social and Philosophical Perspectives on Religion and Disability: 7. Performance of Muslim Daily Prayer by Physically Disabled Practitioners / Arseli Dokumaci; 8. Religious Metaphors as a Justification for Eugenic Control: A Historical Analysis / Gerald V. O'Brian and Autumn Molinari; 9. Catholicism and Disability: Sacred and Profane / Christine James; 10. Best Practices for Faith-Based Organizations Working with Deaf Communities in Developing Countries / Amy T. Wilson and Kirk Van Gilder; 10. Disability and the Love of Wisdom: De-forming, Re-forming, and Per-forming Philosophy of Religion / Amos Yong.