Receiving the Gift of Friendship: Profound Disability, Theological Anthropology, and Ethics

by Hans S. Reinders

Book Overview

Does what we are capable of doing define us as human beings? If this basic anthropological assumption is true, where can that leave those with intellectual disabilities, unable to accomplish the things that we propose give us our very humanity? Hans Reinders here makes an unusual claim about unusual people: those who are profoundly disabled are people just like the rest of us.

He acknowledges that, at first glance, this is not an unusual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802862322
• ISBN13: 9780802862327
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"