“Those Who Cannot See the Whole Are Offended by the Apparent Deformity of a Part”: Disability in Augustine's City of God

In De ciuitate Dei (ciu.), Augustine famously calls people with disabilities created on purpose by an absolutely competent God (16.8). On the whole, however, Augustine's views on disabilities in ciu. are often misunderstood. The statement about the creation of people with disabilities is part o...

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Main Author: Maßmann, Alexander 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 50, Issue: 3, Pages: 540-566
Further subjects:B Augustine
B Dignity
B Creation
B De civitate Dei
B Theodicy
B Disabilities
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