The two-sided coin - disability, normalcy and social categorization in the New Testament
Engelsk titel: The two-sided coin - disability, normalcy and social categorization in the New Testament
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Författare:
Bengtsson, Staffan
Email: staffan.bengtsson@hhj.hj.se
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 45
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16113463
Sammanfattning
This article addresses the issue of disability, normalcy and social categorization in relation to
the New Testament. It discusses how disabilities ended up in elusive and contradictory categories
where a number of various mechanisms and roles coincided and where different systems of logic
converged. The scrutiny suggests that people with disabilities simultaneously were considered to be
both a threat and an opportunity. The analysis illustrates how the interpretation of disability is a
malleable phenomenon continually affected by changes within the cultural context.