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Author:   Brian Brock
Publisher:   Baylor University Press
Imprint:   Baylor University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9781481310130

ISBN 10:   1481310135
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   30 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Disability as a Matter of the Heart Part One: Disability in the Christian Tradition 1. Wonders from Jesus to Augustine 2. Wonders from Christendom to Modernity Part Two: Welcome and Screening—Doxology and Anti-Doxology 3. Practicing Welcome in the New World of Genetic Testing 4. Prenatal Testing as Anti-Doxology Part Three: Systems, Norms, and Modern Medicine—Attending to Creatures 5. Two Critiques of Orthodox Medical Ethics 6. Quality of Life in an Industrialized Age Part Four: The Everydayness of Mercy and Wonder 7. Health in a Fallen World 8. Autism and Christian Hope Part Five: Body-Life as the Communicative Life of the Worshiping Community 9. The Peculiar Togetherness of the Body of Christ 10. A Remarkable Stroke in a Strange and Remarkable War

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This book is a wonder. Filled with insight, passion, and love, it calls us to open our eyes and find God at work through the Holy Spirit in each member of Christ's body.

Author Information

Brian Brock is Professor of Moral and Practical Theology, Department of Divinity and Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen.

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