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Disabling Mission, Enabling Witness

by Benjamin T. Conner

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Intervarsity Press (IVP Academic)
  • 15 x 22.7 x 1.6 cm

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In recent decades churches have accommodated disabled people in various ways. Through access ramps and elevators and sign language, disabled persons are invited in to worship. But are they actually enfolded into the church's mission? Have the able-bodied come to recognize and appreciate the potential contributions of people with disabilities in the ministry and witness of the church? Benjamin Conner wants to stimulate a new conversation between disability studies and Christian theology and missiology. How can we shape a new vision of the entire body of Christ sharing in the witness of the church? How would it look if we "disabled" Christian theology, discipleship, and theological education? Conner argues that it would in fact enable congregational witness. He has seen it happen and he shows us how. Imagine a church that fully incorporates persons with disabilities into its mission and witness. In this vision, people with disabilities contribute to the church's pluriform witness, and the congregation embodies a robust hermeneutic of the gospel. Picture the entire body of Christ functioning beyond distinctions of dis/ability, promoting mutual flourishing and growing into fullness. Here is an enlargement of the church's witness as a sign, agent, and foretaste of the kingdom of God. Here is a fresh and inspiring look at the mission of the church when it enfolds people with disabilities as full members.
Disabling Mission, Enabling Witness and Practicing Witness
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  • Author

    Benjamin T. Conner

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Intervarsity Press (IVP Academic)

  • Published

    September 2018

  • Weight

    277g

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780830851027

  • ISBN-10

    083085102X

  • Eden Code

    4713010

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