Loving our own bones Disability wisdom and the spiritual subversiveness of knowing ourselves whole
Book - 2023
"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"--
- Subjects
- Published
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Boston, Massachusetts :
Beacon Press
[2023]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 276 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780807006757
- Chapter 1. Claiming Disability
- Chapter 2. Grappling with the Bible: Gender, Disability, and God
- Chapter 3. Hiddenness and Visibility: Passing and Presenting as Disabled
- Chapter 4. Ableism: The Social-Political Dimension of Disability
- Chapter 5. Priestly Blemishes: Talking Back to the Bible's Ideal Bodies
- Chapter 6. Moses: Portrait of a Disabled Prophet
- Chapter 7. The Land You Cannot Enter: Longing, Loss, and Other Inaccessible Terrain
- Chapter 8. The Perils of Healing
- Chapter 9. Isaac's Blindness: The Complexity of Trust
- Chapter 10. Jacob and the Angel: Wheels, Wings, and the Brilliance of Disability Difference
- Chapter 11. The Politics of Beauty: Disability and Desire
- Chapter 12. The Radical Practice of Rest: Shabbat Values and Disability Justice
- Chapter 13. God on Wheels: Disability Theology
- Glossary of Jewish Terms
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Translation
- Notes
- Index
Review by Library Journal Review