What is Research on Disability? Looking Backward to See Forward

Designating disability as an object of research was both the condition for the emergence of the field of disability theology and a paradoxical source of its continuing aporias. One such problematic conceptual dead end is the division in the academic field of religion and disability that has arisen b...

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Published in:Journal of disability & religion
Main Author: Brock, Brian 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2022
In: Journal of disability & religion
Further subjects:B investigative method
B Frances Young
B disability theology
B Jean Vanier
B Empirical Research
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Summary:Designating disability as an object of research was both the condition for the emergence of the field of disability theology and a paradoxical source of its continuing aporias. One such problematic conceptual dead end is the division in the academic field of religion and disability that has arisen between traditional theological discourse and social scientific approaches to investigating disability. By highlighting the inherent instability of disability definitions on which much social scientific research rests, this paper invites renewed engagement with history and tradition as conversation partners for disability theology. By proposing a critical hermeneutic of tradition, it aims to widen and integrate the range of methodological approaches available to theological investigators of disability.
ISSN:2331-253X
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2021.1912684