Disability and religious diversity : cross-cultural and interreligious perspectives / edited by Darla Schumm and Michael Stoltzfus.

"This edited collection of essays critically examines how diverse religions of the world represent, understand, theologize, theorize and respond to disability and/or chronic illness. Contributors employ a wide variety of methodological approaches including ethnography, historical, cultural, or textu...

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Other Authors: Schumm, Darla Y. (Darla Yvonne)
Stoltzfus, Michael, 1965-
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:xx, 234 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a God's will? How two young Latina Catholic women negotiate a hidden disability identity / Aimee Burke Valeras -- Whatever the sacrifice : illness and authority in the Baha'i faith / Priscilla Gilman -- Since feathers have grown on my body : madness, art, and healing in Celtic reconstructionist spirituality / Erynn Rowan Laurie -- Disabled rites? Ritual and disability in Wicca / Jo Pearson -- A secular case for religious inclusion of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities / Jeff McNair and Abigail Schindler -- Beyond models : some tentative Daoist contributions to disability studies / Darla Schumm and Michael Stoltzfus -- Health and disability care in Native American and Alaska native communities / Lavonna L. Lovern -- Chronic illness and disability : narratives of suffering and healing in Buddhism and Christianity / Darla Schumm and Michael Stoltzfus -- Disability, agency, and engagement : three wisdom traditions' call to be radically available / Lynne M. Bejoian, Molly Quinn, and Maysaa S. Bazna -- Native American concepts involving human difference / Lavonna L. Lovern. 
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