Abstract
This article explores the tensions between our subjectivity and our
status as embodied and limited beings, specifically in relation to
Deborah Creamer’s Disability and Christian Theology: Embodied
Limits and Constructive Possibilities (2009). Moreover, this article
aims to supplement and expand on Creamer’s “model of limits” by
arguing for a stronger attentiveness to the radically disruptive potential of our embodied limits. It also claims that such an attentiveness helps us to recognize two points at which Creamer overextends
herself: (1) the claim that we are able to determine for ourselves
what our individual limits are, and (2) the claim that we able
to draw on our limits to creatively construct an image of God as
similarly limited.
status as embodied and limited beings, specifically in relation to
Deborah Creamer’s Disability and Christian Theology: Embodied
Limits and Constructive Possibilities (2009). Moreover, this article
aims to supplement and expand on Creamer’s “model of limits” by
arguing for a stronger attentiveness to the radically disruptive potential of our embodied limits. It also claims that such an attentiveness helps us to recognize two points at which Creamer overextends
herself: (1) the claim that we are able to determine for ourselves
what our individual limits are, and (2) the claim that we able
to draw on our limits to creatively construct an image of God as
similarly limited.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 409-417 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Religion Disability and Health |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |