Book Review
In the last dozen years, theologians have seriously
attempted to examine human disability and its implications on anthropology,
culture, religion, and society. Deborah
Creamer (director, accreditation and institutional accreditation for ATS) tackles these issues head on in Disability and Christian Theology, first
by rejecting traditional perspectives on disability, both medical and social,
considering recent proposals of liberation theology, and then introducing a
newly constructed theology of limits. Her target audience is the theological
academy – she calls for a re-examination of long held assumptions informed by
the normalcy of disability. Only once
humanity is seen within its finite scope, does the experience of disability
become a normative lens through which to examine all other inquiries.
