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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Amos Yong |
| ISBN: | 9780802866080 0802866085 |
| OCLC Number: | 707486617 |
| Description: | xiii, 161 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : disability and the people of God : whole or fragmented? -- Holiness, the covenant, and ancient Israel : exclusion, inclusion, and disability -- What hath Dr. Luke and his colleagues to say? : Jesus, the early church, and a (radical Pentecostal) theology of disability -- One body, many members : St. Paul's charismatic ecclesiology and the renewal of dis/ability -- When there shall be no more tears : eschatology, the reign of God, and the redemption of disability -- Epilogue: The new biblical theology of disability : so what? -- Appendix: Disability at Qumran. |
| Responsibility: | Amos Yong. |
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Jeremy Schipper<br> Temple University<br>"The first comprehensive biblical theology focused on disability. Through detailed readings of several key biblical texts, Yong invites academics and laypeople alike to reconsider many traditional interpretations of biblical literature. This provocative book presents a constructive theology that reminds us of the necessity for rigorous engagement with biblical scholarship in all future theological reflection on disability." <br>Brian Brock<br> University of Aberdeen<br>"This long-overdue biblical theology of disability is clearly the pinnacle of modern Christian attempts to reclaim texts that have often been seen as offensive to people with disabilities. Readable and winsome, it is just the book to open up disability issues for today?'s church." <br>David F. Watson<br> United Theological Seminary<br>"Amos Yong is one of the finest theologians working today, and he has produced a very accessible, well-reasoned, and sensitive volume on the w Read more...
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