a reader Brock, Brian 1970- Swinton, John 1957- text bibliography Electronic books. miu Grand Rapids, Mich W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 2012 monographic eng 1 online resource (xi, 564 pages) This book brings together for the first time the views of renowned Christian leaders throughout history - including Augustine, Aquinas, Julian of Norwich, Luther, Calvin, Hegel, Kierkegaard, van den Bergh, Bonhoeffer, Barth, Vanier, and Hauerwas. Fourteen experts in theology and disability studies guide readers through each era or group of thinkers, offering clear commentary and highlighting important themes. --from publisher description. Introduction: Disability and the quest for the human / Brian Brock -- The patristic era : early Christian attitudes toward the disfigured outcast / Almut Caspary -- Augustine's hierarchies of human wholeness and their healing / Brian Brock -- Aquinas on the corporis infirmitas : broken flesh and the grammar of grace / Miguel J. Romero -- A ravishing the restful sight : seeing with Julian of Norwich / Amy Laura Hall -- The human condition as seen from the cross : Luther and disability / Stefan Heuser -- John Calvin and disability / Deborah Beth Creamer -- To develop relational autonomy : on Hegel's view of people with disabilities / Martin Wendte -- Between necessity and possibility : Kierkegaard and the abilities and disabilities of subjectivity / Christopher Craig Brittain -- People are born from people : Willem Van den Bergh on mentally disabled people / Marjolein de Mooij -- "My strength is made perfect in weakness" : Bonhoeffer and the war over disabled life / Bernd Wannenwetsch -- This ability : Barth on the concrete freedom of human life / Donald Wood -- Women, disabled / Jana Bennett -- Being with the disabled : Jean Vanier's theological realism / Hans S. Reinders -- The importance of being a creature : Stanley Hauerwas on disability / John Swinton. edited by Brian Brock & John Swinton. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English. Disabilities Religious aspects Christianity Theological anthropology Christianity RELIGION Christian Life Social Issues RELIGION Christianity General People with disabilities Religious aspects Christianity Theological anthropology Christianity BT732.7 .D57 2012eb 261.8/324 Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2012 (DLC) 2012018109 (OCoLC)756577466 9781467435901 1467435902 146743583X 9781467435833 2012018109 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=579972 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=579972 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=579972 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=579972 N$T 130529 20200709055830.0 ocn844940930 eng