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Record Nr.

UNINA9910734849503321

Autore

Vuk Martina

Titolo

Theological perspectives on reimagining friendship and disability / / Martina Vuk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-33816-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 184 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

261.8324

Soggetti

Disabilities - Religious aspects - Christianity

Friendship - Religious aspects - Christianity

Interpersonal relations - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: General Introduction -- Chapter 2: The theme of friendship examined: A brief outline of classic, modern and late modernity approaches -- Chapter 3: Caveats surrounding the meaning of disability and friendship : Disability Studies and Disability Theology Perspectives -- Chapter 4: Reconsidering the Friendship Anthropology: The implication of Vulnerability and Solicitude.

Sommario/riassunto

This book rethinks the anthropology of friendship from the perspective of theology and disability, and suggests the respect for human dignity and the personĀ“s vulnerability as the criterion in reconsidering such an anthropology. The reality of disability is not only the reality of being in the world, but also concerns the concept of the meaning of otherness and being created as an image of God. The constructive critique that the emergence of disability as a human condition posits to theo-anthropological and ethical concepts is the quest of the renewal of theo-anthropological and ethical knowledge on the meaning of disability, otherness and friendship. The theological and anthropological entities, such as disability and friendship, are interconnected in a sense that the meaning of the one needs to be explained in the light of the other, and vice versa. The renewal of certain anthropological categories in such regard is a search for a deeper understanding of humanity, not apart from, but in light of, the



presence of disability. The book examines the anthropological and theological systems regarding the theme of friendship and disability.