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Amazing Gifts: Stories of Faith, Disability, and Inclusion
Contributor(s): Pinsky, Mark I. (Author)
ISBN: 1566994217     ISBN-13: 9781566994217
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $31.68  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Inspirational
- Religion | Christian Living - General
Dewey: 259.44
LCCN: 2011045516
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 338 pages
 
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Amazing Gifts: Stories of Faith, Disability, and Inclusion is a new publication by noted religion writer Mark I. Pinsky. Pinsky has gathered stories from churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples across the country, "stories of people with disabilities and the congregations where they have found welcome." He has taken special care to include the widest range of disabilities, including non-apparent disabilities like lupus, chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, depression, and mental illness. There were 54 million American with disabilities as of 2000, and that number is now being swelled by wounded warriors from the Afghan and Iraq wars and an aging population. he author emphasizes that his purpose is to not to write a resource manual on accessibility and inclusion. Rather, Pinsky seeks to share stories of how people with disabilities have experienced their faith in the context of their disability, and how congregations have gained when they value the gifts that people with disabilities bring along. "This book," notes the author, "is for congregational leaders and others who may have no expertise or personal experience with disability, but who make the congregational decisions about accessibility and inclusion."