The Bible, Disability and The Church – Amos Yong

Sharing in the Blessings of Fellowship.

A Review of THE BIBLE, DISABILITY, AND THE CHURCH: A New Vision of the People of God.
By Amos Yong.
Paperback: Eerdmans, 2011.
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Reviewed by Bob Cornwall.

[This review originally appeared on the reviewer's blog and is reprinted here with permission.]
Why do churches sometimes try to evade the American Disabilities Act? Does this evasion suggest a lack of concern for persons with disabilities? When it comes to reading Scripture, do we read it in ways that perpetuate stereotypes and stigmas? And does our language exclude rather than include and welcome persons with disabilities?

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