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9781785920448 Academic Inspection Copy

God Beyond Words

Christian Theology and the Spiritual Experiences of People with Profound Intellectual Disabilities
  • ISBN-13: 9781785920448
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By Jill Harshaw
  • Price: AUD $168.00
  • Stock: 2 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 13/09/2016
  • Format: Paperback (228.00mm X 152.00mm) 208 pages Weight: 310g
  • Categories: Christianity [HRC]
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In this groundbreaking book, Jill Harshaw explores the spiritual experiences of people with intellectual disabilities with regard to their capacity to enjoy life-giving spiritual experiences in their own right.  
 
The author expertly argues that our thinking of spiritual life needs to start not with our assumptions about people who are unable to speak for themselves, but with what we can know about God. Stimulating a much-needed discussion, this book explains why we need to respect individuals with intellectual disabilities as spiritual persons, and stop seeing them simply as care-receivers or uncomfortable reminders of human vulnerability. Calling for a more critical approach in practical theology, this book invites a deeper, genuinely inter-disciplinary dialogue 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. The questions raised in this book not only move the discussion forward, but will spark a change on how the Church approaches inclusiveness.
Introduction. 1. A Contextual Survey of Disability in Christian Theology and Society. 2. The Role of Qualitative Research in Profound Intellectual Disability Theology. 3. Issues of Theological Language. 4. Theological Questions and Possibilities. 5. Arguments from Scripture. 6. The Mystical Experience of God. 7. Conclusion.
Jill Harshaw offers a stimulating book which will interest all people who accompany others in their experience of faith as growth in trust, as well as emergent belief. It will appeal beyond those already familiar with disability theology among Christians and others.
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