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Making Space, Offering Voice
Author(s) -
Spies Miriam
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international review of mission
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.118
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1758-6631
pISSN - 0020-8582
DOI - 10.1111/irom.12259
Subject(s) - witness , transformative learning , narrative , space (punctuation) , sociology , aesthetics , ableism , gender studies , law , political science , art , literature , philosophy , pedagogy , linguistics
By looking closely at the biblical narrative of the man born blind (John 9:1‐41), this article raises how Jesus enables and promotes the participation and, even more so, the leadership of people with disabilities in God’s transformative mission in the church and the world. Through examining each scene in the story through a disability lens, this article aims to challenge the church on how it views leaders with disabilities in God's mission, making space for our voices and our witness as disciples of Christ.