Theology and the experience of disability : interdisciplinary perspectives from voices down under / edited by Andrew Picard and Myk Habets.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Machine generated contents note: part I Theology, Disability, and Being -- 1. Disability and the Theology of 4-D Personhood / Sue Patterson -- 2. The World of Cystic Fibrosis: From Diagnosis to Dignity / D. Gareth Jones -- 3. Parenting a Child with Autism, and the Father-heart of God / Ian Waddington -- 4. Disability Discrimination in the Book of Job / Kirk Patston -- 5. No Longer Strangers: Disabled Ontology and the Church as Meaningful Community in Liquid Modernity / Andrew Picard -- 6. Conversations with James on Leadership: What Can We Learn about Leadership and Personhood from People with Severe Cognitive Disability? / Charles Hewlett -- 7.H̀e's My Mate': Cerebral Palsy, Church, and the Gift of Friendship / Manuele Teofilo -- part II Theology, Disability, and Belonging -- 8. The Silence Surrounding Psych Wards / Christine Welten -- 9. Disability in the Australian Church: Results from the 2011 Church Life Survey / Lindsey Gale.

Note continued: 10.À Person Standing in the Gap': The Deaf Community as a Mission Field / Celia King -- 11. Banqueting and Disability in the Ancient World: Reconsidering the Parable of the Great Banquet (Luke 14:15 -- 24) / Louise Gosbell -- 12. Mephibosheth at the Table: A High Point in Davidic Kingship -- 2 Samuel 9:1 -- 13 / Rod Thompson -- 13. Welcoming and Including People with Intellectual Disability: A Report on a Study of Five Churches / Carol Fearon -- 14. From Inclusion to Belonging: Why D̀isabled' Bodies are Necessary for the Faithfulness of the Church / John Swinton -- part III Theology, Disability, and Becoming -- 15. Unseen Disability in the Australian Pentecostal Church: Australian Christian Churches, the Four-fold Gospel, and Challenges for the Mentally III / Greta E.C. Wells -- 16. Beyond Charity: How can Society have a High Value of Disabled People? / Evan Clulee -- 17. Disability and Divinization: Eschatological Parables and Allegations / Myk Habets.

Note continued: 18. Hope in the M̀ountain Manifesto': The Beatitudes' Alternative to the Social Model's Hope / Immanuel Koks -- 19. Disability and the Renewal of Theological Education: Beyond Ableism / Amos Yong -- 20. The Trouble with Normal: What Difference Does a Theology of Disability Make? / Mary Caygill.

The Christian gospel compels humanity to embrace deeper ways of being human together that will overcome false divisions and exclusions in search of flourishing and graced communities. Presenting both short narratives emerging out of theological reflection on experience and analytical essays arising from engagement in scholarly conversations Theology and the Experience of Disability is a conscious attempt to develop theology by and with people with disabilities instead of theology about people with disabilities. A mixture of academic, professional, practical, and/or lived experience is brought to the topic in search of constructive multi-disciplinary proposals for church and society. The result is an interdisciplinary engagement with the constructive possibilities that emerge from a distinctly Christian understanding of disability as lived experience.