God Doesn't Treat His Children that Way: Disability and Metaphors for God
This article connects the portrayal of people with disabilities as child-like with the traditional image of God as Father. As children under the authority of an all-powerful Father, people with disabilities can be seen to lack agency, an assumption with significant theological weight. Models of omni...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2006
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Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2006, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 73-84 |
Further subjects: | B
Disability
B Theology B Hierarchy B Image of God B Father B Metaphor |
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Summary: | This article connects the portrayal of people with disabilities as child-like with the traditional image of God as Father. As children under the authority of an all-powerful Father, people with disabilities can be seen to lack agency, an assumption with significant theological weight. Models of omnipotence often support such visions of dis-ability, thus failing to theologically represent the richness of parent-child relationships and other possibilities for relationship with God. This article argues suggests that reflection on disability can serve as a needed critical lens for existing models of God as well as a creative frame for new images and possibilities. |
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ISSN: | 1522-9122 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1300/J095v09n03_05 |