The Bible, Disability, and the Church: A New Vision of the People of God

by Amos Yong

Inspiring and challenging study that rethinks the Bible's teaching on disability

A theologian whose life experience includes growing up alongside a brother with Down syndrome, Amos Yong in this book rereads and reinterprets biblical texts about human disability, arguing that the way we read biblical texts, not the Bible itself, is what causes us to marginalize persons with disabilities. Revealing and examining the underlying stigma of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802866085
• ISBN13: 9780802866080
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 161 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"