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God beyond words : Christian theology and the spiritual experience of people with profound intellectual disabilities / Jill Harshaw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harshaw, Jill, author.
- Series:
- Studies in Religion and Theology.
- Studies in Religion and Theology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church work with people with mental disabilities.
- Mental illness--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Mental illness.
- People with mental disabilities--Religious life.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Experience (Religion).
- Spiritual life--Christianity.
- Spiritual life.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016.
- Summary:
- The groundbreaking book explains how theologians speak about the spiritual experiences of people with profound intellectual disabilities. Calling for a more critical approach in practice theology, this book invites on inter-disciplinary dialogues between new and traditional theological fields, and asks why, after more than 30 years of intellectual disability theology, the impact on church life remains minimal so that debates around the right to basic inclusion continue to dominate. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- A brief contextual survey of disability in society and theology
- The role of qualitative research in intellectual disability theology
- Issues of theological language
- Theological objections and possibilities
- Arguments from scripture
- The mystical experience of God.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781785920448
- 1785920448
- OCLC:
- 944957769
- Publisher Number:
- 99968908770
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