A Story Needing To Be Told
This story tells that Jesus of Nazareth was a person with a disability, a hunchback, in fact. A short man with a twisted spine whose followers had to climb trees to see. He is a truly “Disabled God”, the incarnate Presence of the Holy in our brokenness. He was befriended and lived among the outcasts...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2011
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In: |
Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2011, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 210-213 |
Further subjects: | B
twisted spine
B disabled God B hunchback |
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Summary: | This story tells that Jesus of Nazareth was a person with a disability, a hunchback, in fact. A short man with a twisted spine whose followers had to climb trees to see. He is a truly “Disabled God”, the incarnate Presence of the Holy in our brokenness. He was befriended and lived among the outcasts and followed by those who could see the joy wisdom of God in genuine flesh. |
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ISSN: | 1522-9122 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15228967.2011.566800 |