01759nam 2200373Ia 450 99624815660331620160605095711.6940-8006-6219-92027/heb30705(CKB)3710000000955335(dli)HEB30705(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000485(EXLCZ)99371000000095533520160605d2007 uy 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSpirit and the politics of disablement /Sharon V. BetcherMinneapolis Fortress Pressc20071 online resource (xiii, 250 p. ) Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-246) and index.Preface -- Introduction: telling it slant -- The fear of falling -- Monstrosity, miracle, and mission : religion and the politics of disablement -- Medicine shows : humanitarianism, healing, and the physics of spirit -- Putting my foot (prosthesis, crutches, phantom) down : technology as transcendence -- Conspicuous compassion : race, "disability," and salvific imperialism -- A Crip nation -- Rumor mills : spiritual practice in the Crip nation -- "A cripple on this bridge" : thinking difference, thinking differently -- Never quite herself again : Frida Kahlo's doctrine of creation -- Wisdom to make the world go on.Church work with people with disabilitiesChurch work with people with disabilities.259/.4Betcher Sharon V.1956-1012973MiUMiUBOOK996248156603316Spirit and the politics of disablement2353897UNISA