The Humanity of the Mentally Disabled: Toward a Theological Account of Personhood

What is it to be a human person? This is the question posed by all human existence, but particularly so by the mentally disabled. Their existence challenges the currently dominant understanding of humanity and personhood. The dependency of the mentally disabled is difficult to reconcile with the lib...

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Main Author: Yip, Peirce (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2017]
In: Journal of disability & religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 117-130
Further subjects:B Intellectual disability
B Systematic Theology
B Vulnerability
B Moral Theology
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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