Bibliography: #BIB26897

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB26897
reference type	Book Section
title	Whatever the Sacrifice: Illness and Authority in the Baha'i Faith
book title	Disability and Religious Diversity : Cross-cultural and Interreligious Perspectives
author	Gilman, Priscilla
editor	Schumm, Darla Y. and Stoltzfus, Michael
year	2011
publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
place published	New York
ISBN	9780230119734 (hardback). 0230119735 (hardback)
abstract	"This edited collection of essays critically examines how diverse religions of the world represent, understand, theologize, theorize and respond to disability and/or chronic illness. Contributors employ a wide variety of methodological approaches including ethnography, historical, cultural, or textual analysis, personal narrative, and theological/philosophical investigation. "--. "This edited collection critically examines how diverse religions of the world represent and respond to disability and/or chronic illness. Contributors incorporate literature and theoretical analysis from the field of disability studies resulting in a comparative text reflecting multicultural, interdisciplinary and inter-religious attitudes and perspectives. The book is appealing to a broad readership including members of the disabled community, scholars and students from the disciplines of religious studies, disability studies and cultural studies, social service and healthcare professionals, and religious practitioners from distinctive traditions. Multiple contributors approach their writing from the perspective of living with some form of disability or chronic illness"--
notes	LC Control Number: 2011014233 Includes bibliographical references and index
language	English
keywords	DISABILITIES; HUMAN BODY; RELIGION
pages	19–45
section	10.
edition	1st ed.

summary view details

browse all, summary view browse all, detailed view