Spirit and the Politics of Disablement

Name: Spirit and the Politics of Disablement
Brand: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
SKU: 9780800662196-V
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By Betcher, Sharon V

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In this remarkable and incisive work, Sharon Betcher analyzes our world and God's embodied presence in the light of her own disability and the insight it affords. She claims disablement as a site of powerful social and religious critique and reflection. With searing honesty, she reveals how our culture, only recently tolerant and supportive of disabled people, still fears them. The presence of disabled persons stands as a rebuke to our images of body and health, to the distorted values of our consumerist culture, and the globalized economy that embodies those values in unjust structures. Yet, Betcher claims, disablement has also revealed powerful alternative understandings of the body and body politic, in Scripture, in the actions of Jesus, in the healing work of the Spirit at work in the world. Brimming with insight, Betcher's work is a revelation and a bracing challenge to all Christians.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 264
Release Date:: 2007-11-01
Publication Date:: 2007-11-01
Publisher:: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0800662199
ISBN13:: 9780800662196
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 422 g
Height:: 16.2 cm
Width:: 22.8 cm
Thickness:: 1.7 cm

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