For many persons with chronic illness and disability, medical images can come to represent
their stigmatized “otherness.” A growing group of artists, however, are transforming their …

Attention to embodiment and the religious significance of bodies is one of the most
significant shifts in contemporary theology. In the midst of this, however, experiences of …

The Christian doctrine of the image of God has often served to marginalize people with
disabilities by highlighting their lack of supposedly normal human capacities. This chapter …

Introduction Birthed in the great revivals of the eighteenth century, evangelicals, as famously
described by David Bebbington, are Protestant Christians committed to conversion, activism …

Beauty and the horrid have mirroring effects on the conscious and subconscious human
gaze and instinctive desires. Beauty may draw human desires to be realised in presence …

Drawing on the controversial case of “Ashley X,” a girl with severe developmental disabilities
who received interventionist medical treatment to limit her growth and keep her body forever …

Abstract “He was born blind so that the work of God can be revealed in him,” John 9: 3. The
appropriation of disabled body images and metaphors in the symbolic language of Christian …

This article highlights how Disability in the Christian Tradition helps open important
reconsiderations of traditions of theology in light of disability. It focuses on two themes. In the …

People often hold stereotypical notions about disability, assuming people with significant
disabilities offer little in terms of friendship or contribution. Some are even repulsed by that …

The Christian gospel compels humanity to embrace deeper ways of being human together
that will overcome false divisions and exclusions in search of flourishing and graced …