Loving Our Own Bones - Rethinking disability in an ableist world

Informationen zum Autor Julia Watts Belser is a rabbi, scholar, and spiritual teacher, as well as a longtime activist for disability, LGBTQ and gender justice. She is a professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University and core faculty in Georgetown's Disability Studies Program, as well as a senior research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Author of Rabbinic Tales of Destruction, among other scholarly books, she has held faculty fellowships at Harvard Divinity School and the Katz Center for Advanced Jewish Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She's also an avid wheelchair hiker and a lover of wild places. Klappentext A spiritual companion and political manifesto that cuts through objectification and inspiration alike to offer a powerful new account of disability in biblical narrative and contemporary culture. Vorwort A spiritual companion and political manifesto that cuts through objectification and inspiration alike to offer a powerful new account of disability in biblical narrative and contemporary culture. Zusammenfassung A spiritual companion and political manifesto that cuts through objectification and inspiration alike to offer a powerful new account of disability in biblical narrative and contemporary culture.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Watts Belser, Belser Julia Watts
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2023
• EAN: 9781399804240
• ISBN: 978-1-399-80424-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 212 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; HISTORY / Jewish, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities, History of Religion, Jewish Studies, Relating to Jewish people and groups