Made in an Imperfect Image: Race, Ethnicity, Disability, and Infirmity in the Life of Aphou
At the beginning of a debate concerning human imperfection, the Bishop Theophilus supposedly asked: “How can you [Aphou] say of the Ethiopian that he is in the image of God? Or someone who is leprous or lame or blind?” This inquiry, recorded in the fifth-century Coptic Life of Aphou, offers a glimps...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2019]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 87, Issue: 2, Pages: 483-511 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Vita von Apa Aphu, des Anachoreten und Bischofs von Pemdje
/ Image of God
/ Physical disability
/ Racism
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa KDF Orthodox Church |
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