Description: Disability and World Religions : An Introduction, Paperback by Schumm, Darla Y. (EDT); Stoltzfus, Michael (EDT), ISBN 1602587515, ISBN-13 9781602587519, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
Religion plays a critical role in determining how disability is understood and how persons with disabilities are treated. Examining the world’s religions through the lens of disability studies not only peers deeply into the character of a particular religion, but also teaches something brand new about what it means to respond to people living with physical and mental differences.
Disability and World Religionsintroduces readers to the rich diversity of the world’s religions—Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Native American traditions. Each chapter introduces a specific religious tradition in a manner that offers innovative approaches to familiar themes in contemporary debates about religion and disability, including personhood, autonomy, community, ability, transcendence, morality, practice, the interpretation of texts, and conditioned claims regarding the normal human body or mind.
By portraying varied and complex perspectives on the intersection of religion and disability, this volume demonstrates that religious teachings and practices across the globe help establish cultural constructions of normalcy. The volume also interrogates the constructive role religion plays in determining expectations for human physical and mental behavior and in establishing standards for measuring conventional health and well-being. Disability and World Religions thus offers arespectful exploration ofglobal faith traditionsandcultivates creative ways to respond to the fields of both religiousand disability studies.
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Book Title: Disability and World Religions : An Introduction
Number of Pages: 276 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Disability and World Religions : an Introduction
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: People with Disabilities, Comparative Religion, General
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
Author: Michael Stoltzfus
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science
Series: Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
