TY - BOOK AU - Conner,Benjamin T. TI - Disabling mission, enabling witness: exploring missiology through the lens of disability studies T2 - Missiological engagements SN - 9780830850938 AV - BV2063 .C66 2018 U1 - 266.0087 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Downers Grove, Illinois PB - IVP Academic, and imprint of InterVarsity Press KW - Missions KW - Disabilities KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Handicap KW - Aspect religieux KW - Christianisme KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Ministry KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes indexes; Includes bibliographical references and index; Setting the stage -- An introduction to disability studies for mission studies -- An introduction to mission studies for disability studies -- Toward enabling witness -- Deaf to the ways of God -- Intellectual disabilities and our iconic witness -- [Dis]abling theological education -- Enabling witness N2 - How would it look if we ""disabled"" Christian theology, discipleship, and theological education? Benjamin Conner initiates a new conversation between disability studies and Christian theology and missiology, imagining a church that fully incorporates persons with disabilities into its mission. In this vision, people with disabilities are part of the church's pluriform witness, and the congregation embodies a robust hermeneutic of the gospel UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1829128 ER -