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

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
Subject:
Theological anthropology.
Autism -- Religious aspects.
Autism -- Religious aspects.
Theological anthropology.
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
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Pressing Question; How Might We Go About Answering the Question?; Outline of the Book; Chapter One; Introduction; The "Discovery"4 of Autism; The Core Features of Autism; Autism over the Lifetime; Perceptions of Autism; Autism Terminology; Two Lived Experiences of Autism; Conclusion: Theological Questions; Chapter Two; Introduction; In the Beginning Elohim; God Said, "Let There Be Light"; Creation ex Nihilo; Let Us Make Humans in Our Image; Autism and the Image of God; Have Dominion over the Earth; Adam Gave Names to All the Animals
  • It Is Not Good to Be AloneNo Autism in the Beginning; The Origin of Autism; Conclusion; Chapter Three; Introduction; The Problem Which Inability Poses to Theology; Some Inclusive Anthropologies; Jesus Christ: True Human Being and True Image of God; Irenaeus: Recapitulation; The Implications of Irenaeus' Theology; J.B. Torrance; Implications of the Vicarious Humanity of Christ; The Nature of Human Personhood; Personhood and Severe Autism; Jesus Christ the Humanizing Human and Personalizing Person; Humanizing Human and Personalizing Person and Autism; Conclusion; Chapter Four; Introduction
  • The Meaning and Purpose of the AtonementJesus Bears the Loneliness of the Cross for Us; Conclusion; Chapter Five; Introduction; Eiesland: The Disabled God; Yong: Removing the Disability Would Remove the Person; Critique of Eiesland and Yong; The Resurrection; Conclusion; Chapter Six; Introduction; Three Views of Salvation for People with Cognitive Disability; Infant Salvation; John the Baptist: Exemplar of Infant Salvation; The Nature of Saving Faith; The Holy Spirit; Conclusion; Conclusion; Revisiting the Core Ideas of the Book; Implications of an Extrinsic Anthropology

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