Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Author: Darla Schumm
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2011-10-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0230339492

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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.