Receiving the Gift of Friendship: Profound Disability, Theological Anthropology, and Ethics Contributor(s): Reinders, Hans S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802862322 ISBN-13: 9780802862327 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $35.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2008 Annotation: Is the point of human life what we are capable of doing? Is that what defines us as human beings? And if this basic anthropological assumption is true, where can that leave those with intellectual disabilities, unable to accomplish the things that we propose give us our very humanity? Hans Reinders here makes an unusual claim about unusual people: those who are profoundly disabled are people just like the rest of us. He acknowledges that, at first glance, this is not an unusual claim given the steps taken within the last few decades to bring the rights of those with disabilities into line with the rights of the mainstream. But, he argues, that cannot be the end of the matter, because the disabled are human beings before they are citizens. ???To live a human life properly, ??? he says, ???they must not only be included in our institutions and have access to our public spaces; they must also be included in other people??'s lives, not just by natural necessity but by choice.??? Overturning the ???commonsense??? view of human beings, Reinders??'s argument for a paradigm shift in our relation to people with disabilities is founded on a groundbreaking philosophical-theological consideration of humanity and of our basic human commonality. |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Anthropology - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics |
Dewey: 261.832 |
LCCN: 2007050291 |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.03" W x 9" (1.21 lbs) 414 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Mainline |
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Publisher Description: Does what we are capable of doing define us as human beings? If this basic anthropological assumption is true, where can that leave those with intellectual disabilities, unable to accomplish the things that we propose give us our very humanity? Hans Reinders here makes an unusual claim about unusual people: those who are profoundly disabled are people just like the rest of us. |
Contributor Bio(s): Reinders, Hans S.: - Hans S. Reinders is the Bernard Lievegoed Professor of Ethics and Mental Disability at the Free University of Amsterdam. He is also the author of Receiving the Gift of Friendship: Profound Disability, Theological Anthropology, and Ethics. |