Religion plays a critical role in determining how disability is understood and how persons with disabilities are treated. Examining the world's religions through the lens of disability studies not only peers deeply into the character of a particular religion, but also teaches something brand new about what it means to respond to people living with physical and mental differences.

Disability and World Religions introduces readers to the rich diversity of the world's religions—Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Native American traditions. Each chapter introduces a specific religious tradition in a manner that offers innovative approaches to familiar themes in contemporary debates about religion and disability, including personhood, autonomy, community, ability, transcendence, morality, practice, the interpretation of texts, and conditioned claims regarding the normal human body or mind.

By portraying varied and complex perspectives on the intersection of religion and disability, this volume demonstrates that religious teachings and practices across the globe help establish cultural constructions of normalcy. The volume also interrogates the constructive role religion plays in determining expectations for human physical and mental behavior and in establishing standards for measuring conventional health and well-being. Disability and World Religions thus offers arespectful exploration ofglobal faith traditionsandcultivates creative ways to respond to the fields of both religiousand disability studies.

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Information

Publisher

Baylor University Press

Year

2016

ISBN

9781602587526

Topic

Theology & Religion

Subtopic

Comparative Religion

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1. Hinduism and Disability
Chapter 2. Buddhism and Disability
Chapter 3. Confucianism and Disability
Chapter 4. Daoism and Disability
Chapter 5. Judaism and Disability
Chapter 6. Catholicism and Disability
Chapter 7. Protestant Christianity and Disability
Chapter 8. Islam and Disability
Chapter 9. Indigenous Traditions in the Western Hemisphere and Disability
Notes
Works Cited
Contributors
Index