Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Sacred Texts, Historical Traditions, and Social Analysis

By Michael Stoltzfus and Darla Schumm

Book Overview

This edited collection of essays examines how religions of the world represent, understand, theologize, theorize and respond to disability and chronic illness. Contributors employ a variety of methodological approaches including ethnography, historical, cultural, or textual analysis, personal narrative, and theological/philosophical investigation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230119727
• ISBN13: 9780230119727
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.4"