The Work of Inclusion (Paperback)

Assistant Professor Lorraine Cuddeback-Gedeon

ISBN 10: 0567698297 / ISBN 13: 9780567698292

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Edinburgh, 2023

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Paperback. Using ethnographic research, The Work of Inclusion brings the standpoints of people with intellectual disabilities to the forefront of the theological conversation around disability, inclusion, grace, and sin.In a world shaped by interdependency, developing a theological attunement to intellectual disability helps us to understand that human agency is both enabled by and limited by dependency relationships. Only by recognizing the kinds of complex layers of agency seen in this ethnographic study can Christian ethics more broadly address the place of hope, grace, and resistance against structures of sin and injustice. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Work of Inclusion (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567698297
• ISBN 13: 9780567698292
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Using ethnographic research, The Work of Inclusion brings the standpoints of people with intellectual disabilities to the forefront of the theological conversation around disability, inclusion, grace, and sin.

In a world shaped by interdependency, developing a theological attunement to intellectual disability helps us to understand that human agency is both enabled by and limited by dependency relationships. Only by recognizing the kinds of complex layers of agency seen in this ethnographic study can Christian ethics more broadly address the place of hope, grace, and resistance against structures of sin and injustice.

About the Authors

Lorraine V. Cuddeback-Gedeon is Assistant Professor of Theology at Mount St Mary's University, USA.

Todd D. Whitmore is Associate Professor of Theology and Concurrent Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

Aana Marie Vigen is Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Loyola University Chicago, USA. Her areas of expertise bring ethnographic methods into conversation with medical ethics, feminist ethics, Protestant ethics, and white-anti racism commitments. She is the author of Women, Ethics, and Inequality in U.S. Healthcare(2006) and co-editor of God, Science, Sex, Gender: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Christian Ethics (2010) along with several articles.

Traci C. West is James W. Pearsall Professor of Christian Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University Theological School, USA

AnneMarie Mingo is Associate Professor of Ethics, Culture, and Moral Leadership at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA.