Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam : sacred texts, historical traditions, and social analysis

Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam : sacred texts, historical traditions, and social analysis / edited by Darla Schumm and Michael Stoltzfus.

"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...

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Other Authors: Schumm, Darla Y. (Darla Yvonne) (Editor), Stoltzfus, Michael, 1965- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Disabilities > Religious aspects.
Human body > Religious aspects.
Islam.
Judaism.
Christianity.
RELIGION > General.
RELIGION > Theology.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > General.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
RELIGION > History.
RELIGION > Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
Religion.
Disabilities > Religious aspects
Human body > Religious aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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