The Bible, disability, and the church : a new vision of the people of God / Amos Yong.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2011.Description: xiii, 161 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780802866080 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0802866085 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS 680.P435 Y66 2011
Contents:
Introduction : disability and the people of God : whole or fragmented? -- Holiness, the covenant, and ancient Israel : exclusion, inclusion, and disability -- What hath Dr. Luke and his colleagues to say? : Jesus, the early church, and a (radical Pentecostal) theology of disability -- One body, many members : St. Paul's charismatic ecclesiology and the renewal of dis/ability -- When there shall be no more tears : eschatology, the reign of God, and the redemption of disability -- Epilogue: The new biblical theology of disability : so what? -- Appendix: Disability at Qumran.
Summary: Discusses how the way Biblical texts are interpreted in regard to people with disabilities, and challenges churches to become more inclusive.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : disability and the people of God : whole or fragmented? -- Holiness, the covenant, and ancient Israel : exclusion, inclusion, and disability -- What hath Dr. Luke and his colleagues to say? : Jesus, the early church, and a (radical Pentecostal) theology of disability -- One body, many members : St. Paul's charismatic ecclesiology and the renewal of dis/ability -- When there shall be no more tears : eschatology, the reign of God, and the redemption of disability -- Epilogue: The new biblical theology of disability : so what? -- Appendix: Disability at Qumran.

Discusses how the way Biblical texts are interpreted in regard to people with disabilities, and challenges churches to become more inclusive.

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