Autism, humanity and personhood : a Christ-centred theological anthropology /

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Author / Creator:Cox, Jennifer Anne, author.
Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 244 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13454834
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ISBN:9781443891561
1443891568
1443850748
9781443850742
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:Theological anthropology is charged with providing an understanding of the human, but there are numerous challenges to this. Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder, the main characteristic of which is difficulty in social interaction. In its severest form, a person with low-functioning autism may be both intellectually impaired and unable to relate to others as persons. Theological anthropology can exclude people who are cognitively impaired because it has historically upheld reason as the image of God. Recent theology of intellectual disability has bypassed this difficulty by emphasisin.
Other form:Print version: Cox, Jennifer Anne. Autism, humanity and personhood. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 1443850748