A Theological Diagnosis: A New Direction on Genetic Therapy, ´Disability´ and the Ethics of Healing
Matt Edmonds
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Description for A Theological Diagnosis: A New Direction on Genetic Therapy, ´Disability´ and the Ethics of Healing
Paperback. Matt Edmonds makes a vital critique of contemporary efforts to remove 'disability' from the world around us. Surveying the logic and language of both secular and religious health movements, he highlights the misplaced generalisations and dubious values that cumulatively serve to undermine individual inclusion and well-being on a day-to-day basis. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
As society becomes progressively dominated by an ideology of healthy living, Matt Edmonds makes a vital critique of contemporary efforts to remove 'disability' from the world around us. Surveying the logic and language of both secular and religious health movements, Edmonds highlights the misplaced generalisations and dubious values that cumulatively serve to undermine individual inclusion and well-being on a day-to-day basis.
'A Theological Diagnosis' seeks a new direction. From the resources of Christian theology it finds a paradigm with which to examine the infections of genetic theory, faith healing and the meaning of 'disability' so as to prescribe ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843109983
SKU
V9781843109983
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About Matt Edmonds
Matt Edmonds is a writer, theorist and theologian with degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge University. In a varied 26 years he has toured the world playing music with Johnny Flynn and The Sussex Wit, written comedy for the BBC and Channel Four, and shown thousands to the animatronic T-Rex, working for London's Natural History Museum. This is his first ... Read more
Reviews for A Theological Diagnosis: A New Direction on Genetic Therapy, ´Disability´ and the Ethics of Healing
A superbly argued book, A Theological Diagnosis is well supported by its bibliography and indices and will be of enormous assistance to all of us living or working with disability.
Ministry Today This book will be of some use to theologians, clergy and lay readers seeking new insights on disability and healing. Although written from a Christian perspective, the ... Read more
Ministry Today This book will be of some use to theologians, clergy and lay readers seeking new insights on disability and healing. Although written from a Christian perspective, the ... Read more