Disability, the Human Condition, and the Spirit of the Eschatological Long Run: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Disability

In search of an alternative theology of disability that incorporates but is not limited to the biomedical and socio-constructivist models, Nancy Eiesland's proposal of Jesus Christ as “the disabled God” is an attempt to redefine disability in anthropological, ecclesiological, and theological te...

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Main Author: Yong, Amos 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2007
In: Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2007, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-25
Further subjects:B Holy Spirit
B Christology
B disabled God
B Pneumatology
B Healing
B Eschatology
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Summary:In search of an alternative theology of disability that incorporates but is not limited to the biomedical and socio-constructivist models, Nancy Eiesland's proposal of Jesus Christ as “the disabled God” is an attempt to redefine disability in anthropological, ecclesiological, and theological terms. It may be less helpful, however, in addressing the eschatological hope that motivates many persons with disability. I propose a pneumatological model of the Spirit as the “community-enabling God” that is able to appropriate insights from previous approaches, even as it seeks to complement Eiesland's proposal and further develop a trinitarian and eschatological theology of disability.
ISSN:1522-9122
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1300/J095v11n01_02