Spirit and the Politics of Disablement

by Sharon V. Betcher

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800662199
• ISBN13: 9780800662196
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"