
- 168 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Living in proximity to human disability, with a son who has Down Syndrome, Andrew Barron has come to understand that not only do we live in a world of human difference, but that God wants us to live in this kind of world, for our own flourishing. Human Difference is an extended meditation on that experience and a reflection on the nature of human care and hospitality. Barron seeks to understand and embrace the uncertainty that comes with living in proximity to difference and disability and reflects on how we might better cope with and ultimately be enriched by its ambiguity. He undertakes a new approach to difference: we must be ready to venture into uncomfortable territory, to "put out into the deep water" and to actively seek out an intimate and open closeness with difference and disability.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Disclaimer
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Reflections on a Life in Proximity
- Chapter 2: Difference and the Body
- Chapter 3: Difference and Time
- Chapter 4: Belonging, Including, and Hospitality
- Chapter 5: Difference and Limits
- Chapter 6: Lamenting Difference and Suffering
- Chapter 7: Disability and Difference in the Hebrew Bible
- Chapter 8: Jesus and Difference
- Chapter 9: Paul and Difference
- Chapter 10: Death and the Different
- Chapter 11: Difference in Sexuality
- Chapter 12: Conclusion
- Bibliography