Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Sacred Texts, Historical Traditions,and Social Analysis

This edited collection of essays examines how religions of the world represent, understand, theologize, theorize and respond to disability and chronic illness. Contributors employ a variety of methodological approaches including ethnography, historical, cultural, or textual analysis, personal narrat...

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Other Authors: Schumm, Darla (Editor), Stoltzfus, Michael (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2011, 2011
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This edited collection of essays examines how religions of the world represent, understand, theologize, theorize and respond to disability and chronic illness. Contributors employ a variety of methodological approaches including ethnography, historical, cultural, or textual analysis, personal narrative, and theological/philosophical investigation
Physical Description:XXII, 246 p online resource
ISBN:9780230339491