Bible, Disability, and the Church

The Bible, Disability, and the Church

A New Vision of the People of God

Amos Young
Eerdmans, 2011
ISBN 9780802866080

Softcover, 161 pp.
8.9 X 6.0 X 0.4 inches | 0.6 pounds

Inspiring and challenging study that rethinks the Bible's teaching on disability

A theologian whose life experience includes growing up alongside a brother with Down syndrome, Amos Yong in this book rereads and reinterprets biblical texts about human disability, arguing that the way we read biblical texts, not the Bible itself, is what causes us to marginalize persons with disabilities. Revealing and examining the underlying stigma of disability that exists even in the church, Yong shows how the Bible offers good news to people of all abilities -- and he challenges churches to become more inclusive communities of faith.

Amos Yong is Chief Academic Officer and professor of theology and mission at Fuller Theological Seminary. One of the most notable Pentecostal theologians writing today, Yong is the author and editor of more than four dozen books.