Julia Watts Belser

Loving Our Own Bones

Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A spiritual companion and political manifesto that cuts through objectification and inspiration alike to offer a powerful new account of disability in biblical narrative and contemporary culture"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780807006757
• ISBN-10: 0807006750
• Artikelnr.: 67292530

Autorenporträt

Julia Watts Belser

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER ONE
Claiming Disability
CHAPTER TWO
Grappling with the Bible: Gender, Disability, and God
CHAPTER THREE
Hiddenness and Visibility: Passing and Presenting as Disabled
CHAPTER FOUR
Ableism: The Social-Political Dimension of Disability
CHAPTER FIVE
Priestly Blemishes: Talking Back to the Bible’s Ideal Bodies
CHAPTER SIX
Moses: Portrait of a Disabled Prophet
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Land You Cannot Enter: Longing, Loss, and Other Inaccessible Terrain
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Perils of Healing
CHAPTER NINE
Isaac’s Blindness: The Complexity of Trust
CHAPTER TEN
Jacob and the Angel: Wheels, Wings, and the Brilliance of Disability
Difference
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Politics of Beauty: Disability and Desire
CHAPTER TWELVE
The Radical Practice of Rest: Shabbat Values and Disability Justice
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
God on Wheels: Disability Theology
Glossary of Jewish Terms
Acknowledgments
A Note on Translation
Notes
Index