Be Opened! The Church in the United States and Deaf Culture / Lana Portolano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Portolano, Marlana, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Religious life.

Deaf culture.

Deaf people--Religious life--History.

Deaf people.

Church work with deaf people--Catholic Church--History.

Church work with deaf people.

Catholic Church.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

The Catholic University of America Press [2021] Washington, D.C

Summary:

"In this history of deafness and sign language in the Catholic Church, the author draws on the stories of deaf priests and pastoral workers to trace the development of an active language minority in today's global church"

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface: A Hearing Author on a Deaf Pilgrimage

A Note on Capitalization

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Deaf Catholic Heritage

1. Catholic Education as Deaf Cultural History

2. Saints and Founding Fathers

3. Women in Deaf Ministry

4. Missionaries at the Margins

5. A French Forerunner

6. Brazilian Apostles

7. English and Irish Apostles

8. Deaf Leadership in North America

Recommended Reading for Part I

Part II. New Deaf Evangelization

9. Deaf Catholics after Vatican II

10. A Place of Their Own

11. Love and the Gift of Listening

12. Signing in the Person of Christ

13. Signs of God in Asia and Africa

14. The Deaf-World Apostolate

Recommended Reading for Part II

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8132-3340-2

OCLC:

1235599590