Disability Studies and
Intercultural Theology

The Institute for Evangelical Missiology encourages research in the field of Disability Studies. Missiological-theological research on and with persons with mental or physical disabilities has not yet begun in earnest. Persons with and without disabilities are called upon to engage in this socially relevant topic.

Book Review: Carswell, Jonathan & Wright, Joanna 2008. Susanne Geske: Ich will keine Rache – Das Drama von Malatya

01/19/2021

This book is a good and helpful testimony about Christian witness in the world. It offers deep insights into the challenges of church development aid in foreign countries. However, and this should be critically noted, it anticipates the postulate of a theology of suffering in this very field of church work. This assumption, however, cannot be taken unilaterally from the New Testament evidence, as is at the moment readily heard in the Western world. Increasing religious conflicts and the worldwide tensions contribute to this not insignificantly.

Book Review: Conner, Benjamin T. 2018. Disabling Mission, Enabling Witness: Exploring Missiology Through the Lens of Disability Studies

01/16/2021

In the final section, Conner describes his hermeneutical approach to iconic witness (p. 103). He has mental disabilities in mind. He counters their stigmatization with a change of perspective from rationalism to relationalism of human being. According to this interpretation, the iconic nature of our human existence is based on the mutual encounter and represents a sacrament of creation that brings God to bear in all human beings (p. 139). Conner provides an anthropological-theological study that offers room for further research. To what extent the hermeneutical concept of "iconic witness" he presents is new or helpful in this regard remains to be seen.

Boow Review: Schipper, Jeremy 2011. Disability & Isaiah’s Suffering Servant

01/15/2021

It is Schipper's merit to have shown in brief how a biblical text, here Isaiah 53, can lose an original nuance and subsequently take all kinds of interpretative directions. With regard to disability, this is particularly tragic, since the "glocal" church must actively counteract an inherent paternalistic tendency or exclusion, in order to live up to its "inclusive" effect of being the church for all of all.

Disability Studies and Bible translation

01/07/2021

werner [at] forschungsinstitut.net Abstract This…

Book Review: Rispler-Chaim, Vardit 2007. Disability in Islamic Law

01/07/2021

Rispler-Chaim's research provides deep insights into ethical and moral aspects of Islam, which are particularly evident in the treatment of people with disabilities as social indicators.

Book Review: Yong, Amos 2011. The Bible, Disability, and the Church

01/07/2021

Amos works in a balanced and deliberative way toward an inclusion-oriented theological design. This emphasizes the meaning and value of people with limitations. For missiology, especially diacony and evangelism, this provides an opportunity for active enriching participation of all in the body of Christ. Critical is his positivistic view of biblical narratives and pericopes, which (un)consciously overlooks the ancient, paternalistic approach in dealing with people with limitations. However, it is his merit to cut extreme positions and to strike a balance between those in need of help, their intrinsic value and those willing to care.

Disability Studies and Intercultural Theology

03/25/2020

In the context of public perception and given the active exchange of life experiences by people with and without physical or mental limitations, the understanding of “normality” or “norm” expands.

References Disability Studies

03/25/2020

Overview Disability Studies und (Interkulturelle) Theologie…

Disability Studies and Bible translation

03/25/2020

This essay is a short introduction to Disability Studies and Bible translation. What is on the first glance not obvious, becomes much clearer when the linguistic and social impact of historic Bible translations is in focus. Not just political correctness but also an Inclusivist rethinking of the church is needed to overcome existing hermeneutics of Ableism or Disableism.

Disability Studies – An Overview out of (intercultural) Theology

03/20/2020

werner@forschungsstiftung.net Contents Introduction…

From I to us – A hermeneutical Perspective

03/05/2020

werner@forschungsstiftung.net Abstract Theological models…

Questionnaire on Disability and Christian aid agencies/ theological education centres

02/06/2020

In September 2019, a global questionnaire study on Disability Studies and Intercultural Theology was carried out

Book Review: Carswell, Jonathan & Wright, Joanna 2008. Susanne Geske: Ich will keine Rache – Das Drama von Malatya

01/19/2021

This book is a good and helpful testimony about Christian witness in the world. It offers deep insights into the challenges of church development aid in foreign countries. However, and this should be critically noted, it anticipates the postulate of a theology of suffering in this very field of church work. This assumption, however, cannot be taken unilaterally from the New Testament evidence, as is at the moment readily heard in the Western world. Increasing religious conflicts and the worldwide tensions contribute to this not insignificantly.

Book Review: Conner, Benjamin T. 2018. Disabling Mission, Enabling Witness: Exploring Missiology Through the Lens of Disability Studies

01/16/2021

In the final section, Conner describes his hermeneutical approach to iconic witness (p. 103). He has mental disabilities in mind. He counters their stigmatization with a change of perspective from rationalism to relationalism of human being. According to this interpretation, the iconic nature of our human existence is based on the mutual encounter and represents a sacrament of creation that brings God to bear in all human beings (p. 139). Conner provides an anthropological-theological study that offers room for further research. To what extent the hermeneutical concept of "iconic witness" he presents is new or helpful in this regard remains to be seen.

Boow Review: Schipper, Jeremy 2011. Disability & Isaiah’s Suffering Servant

01/15/2021

It is Schipper's merit to have shown in brief how a biblical text, here Isaiah 53, can lose an original nuance and subsequently take all kinds of interpretative directions. With regard to disability, this is particularly tragic, since the "glocal" church must actively counteract an inherent paternalistic tendency or exclusion, in order to live up to its "inclusive" effect of being the church for all of all.

Disability Studies and Bible translation

01/07/2021

werner [at] forschungsinstitut.net Abstract This…

Book Review: Rispler-Chaim, Vardit 2007. Disability in Islamic Law

01/07/2021

Rispler-Chaim's research provides deep insights into ethical and moral aspects of Islam, which are particularly evident in the treatment of people with disabilities as social indicators.

Book Review: Yong, Amos 2011. The Bible, Disability, and the Church

01/07/2021

Amos works in a balanced and deliberative way toward an inclusion-oriented theological design. This emphasizes the meaning and value of people with limitations. For missiology, especially diacony and evangelism, this provides an opportunity for active enriching participation of all in the body of Christ. Critical is his positivistic view of biblical narratives and pericopes, which (un)consciously overlooks the ancient, paternalistic approach in dealing with people with limitations. However, it is his merit to cut extreme positions and to strike a balance between those in need of help, their intrinsic value and those willing to care.

Disability Studies and Intercultural Theology

03/25/2020

In the context of public perception and given the active exchange of life experiences by people with and without physical or mental limitations, the understanding of “normality” or “norm” expands.

References Disability Studies

03/25/2020

Overview Disability Studies und (Interkulturelle) Theologie…

Disability Studies and Bible translation

03/25/2020

This essay is a short introduction to Disability Studies and Bible translation. What is on the first glance not obvious, becomes much clearer when the linguistic and social impact of historic Bible translations is in focus. Not just political correctness but also an Inclusivist rethinking of the church is needed to overcome existing hermeneutics of Ableism or Disableism.

Disability Studies – An Overview out of (intercultural) Theology

03/20/2020

werner@forschungsstiftung.net Contents Introduction…

From I to us – A hermeneutical Perspective

03/05/2020

werner@forschungsstiftung.net Abstract Theological models…

Questionnaire on Disability and Christian aid agencies/ theological education centres

02/06/2020

In September 2019, a global questionnaire study on Disability Studies and Intercultural Theology was carried out

Book Review: Carswell, Jonathan & Wright, Joanna 2008. Susanne Geske: Ich will keine Rache – Das Drama von Malatya

01/19/2021

This book is a good and helpful testimony about Christian witness in the world. It offers deep insights into the challenges of church development aid in foreign countries. However, and this should be critically noted, it anticipates the postulate of a theology of suffering in this very field of church work. This assumption, however, cannot be taken unilaterally from the New Testament evidence, as is at the moment readily heard in the Western world. Increasing religious conflicts and the worldwide tensions contribute to this not insignificantly.

Book Review: Conner, Benjamin T. 2018. Disabling Mission, Enabling Witness: Exploring Missiology Through the Lens of Disability Studies

01/16/2021

In the final section, Conner describes his hermeneutical approach to iconic witness (p. 103). He has mental disabilities in mind. He counters their stigmatization with a change of perspective from rationalism to relationalism of human being. According to this interpretation, the iconic nature of our human existence is based on the mutual encounter and represents a sacrament of creation that brings God to bear in all human beings (p. 139). Conner provides an anthropological-theological study that offers room for further research. To what extent the hermeneutical concept of "iconic witness" he presents is new or helpful in this regard remains to be seen.

Boow Review: Schipper, Jeremy 2011. Disability & Isaiah’s Suffering Servant

01/15/2021

It is Schipper's merit to have shown in brief how a biblical text, here Isaiah 53, can lose an original nuance and subsequently take all kinds of interpretative directions. With regard to disability, this is particularly tragic, since the "glocal" church must actively counteract an inherent paternalistic tendency or exclusion, in order to live up to its "inclusive" effect of being the church for all of all.

Disability Studies and Bible translation

01/07/2021

werner [at] forschungsinstitut.net Abstract This…

Book Review: Rispler-Chaim, Vardit 2007. Disability in Islamic Law

01/07/2021

Rispler-Chaim's research provides deep insights into ethical and moral aspects of Islam, which are particularly evident in the treatment of people with disabilities as social indicators.

Book Review: Yong, Amos 2011. The Bible, Disability, and the Church

01/07/2021

Amos works in a balanced and deliberative way toward an inclusion-oriented theological design. This emphasizes the meaning and value of people with limitations. For missiology, especially diacony and evangelism, this provides an opportunity for active enriching participation of all in the body of Christ. Critical is his positivistic view of biblical narratives and pericopes, which (un)consciously overlooks the ancient, paternalistic approach in dealing with people with limitations. However, it is his merit to cut extreme positions and to strike a balance between those in need of help, their intrinsic value and those willing to care.

Disability Studies and Intercultural Theology

03/25/2020

In the context of public perception and given the active exchange of life experiences by people with and without physical or mental limitations, the understanding of “normality” or “norm” expands.

References Disability Studies

03/25/2020

Overview Disability Studies und (Interkulturelle) Theologie…

Disability Studies and Bible translation

03/25/2020

This essay is a short introduction to Disability Studies and Bible translation. What is on the first glance not obvious, becomes much clearer when the linguistic and social impact of historic Bible translations is in focus. Not just political correctness but also an Inclusivist rethinking of the church is needed to overcome existing hermeneutics of Ableism or Disableism.

Disability Studies – An Overview out of (intercultural) Theology

03/20/2020

werner@forschungsstiftung.net Contents Introduction…

From I to us – A hermeneutical Perspective

03/05/2020

werner@forschungsstiftung.net Abstract Theological models…

Questionnaire on Disability and Christian aid agencies/ theological education centres

02/06/2020

In September 2019, a global questionnaire study on Disability Studies and Intercultural Theology was carried out