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Theological Diagnosis: A New Direction on Genetic Therapy, 'Disability'

and the Ethics of Healing
  • ISBN-13: 9781843109983
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By Matt Edmonds
  • Price: AUD $56.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 13/02/2011
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 156.00mm) 208 pages Weight: 323g
  • Categories: Disability: social aspects [JFFG]
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Matt Edmonds examines the latest developments in attempts of both Christian and secular health movements to remove disability from the world around us. Exploring issues such as disability theology, the ethics of genetic therapy and the prevalence of faith healing, he examines what it means to think theologically about disability.Charting the rise of the Christian healing phenomenon across the globe, and also of contemporary developments in secular healing methods, Matthew Edmonds offers a practical response to the issues of healing and disability. Transcending traditional debates about the possibility of miraculous healing, and arguments about the ethics of New Genetics, he analyses the unquestioned attitudes of contemporary healing practices from the perspective of those whom they actually affect - people with disabilities.This ground-breaking book will make a real difference to people with disabilities, as well as to Christian and secular perceptions of the value of disability.
CONTENTS: Acknowledgements. An Introduction: Who Will Comfort Her? 1. Three Able Voices. 2. A Graceful 'On Behalf Of'. 3. The Genetic Revolution. 4. A Theological Diagnosis of Genetics. 5. Obstructing Healthy Critique - The Global Rise of Faith Healing. 6. The Infections of Faith Healing. 7. Beyond Scriptural Blindness - A Biblical Reflection on Faith Healing. 8. The Alternative Therapeutic of L'Arche. References. Index.
Matt Edmonds... produced an enormously significant book... recommended both to theologians and to those engaged in day-to-day pastoral work... One of the particular strengths of the book is setting theology at the heart of contemporary concern.
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