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This ground-breaking book provides fascinating insights into the
fast-emerging body of research that explores the relationship
between sport, theology and disability within a social justice
framework. In the shadow of two major sport-faith events that
fore-fronted the theology of disability sport, the Vatican's
international conference-Sport at the Service of Humanity and the
Inaugural Global Congress on Sports and Christianity York St John
University, UK, at which Dr Brian Brock led a thematic strand on
the topic-this book provides a foundation for further research and
practice. This text is a timely and important synthesis of ideas
that have emerged in two previously distinct areas of research: (i)
'disability sport' and (ii) the 'theology of disability'. Examples
of subjects addressed in this text include: elite physical
disability sport-Paralympics; intellectual disability sport-Special
Olympics; equestrian sport; church, sport and disability, and;
theologies of embodiment, competition and mercy. This book, written
by leaders in their respective fields, begins a critical
conversation on these topics, and many others, for both researchers
and practitioners. The chapters originally published in the Journal
of Disability and Religion and Quest.
This ground-breaking book provides fascinating insights into the
fast-emerging body of research that explores the relationship
between sport, theology and disability within a social justice
framework. In the shadow of two major sport-faith events that
fore-fronted the theology of disability sport, the Vatican's
international conference-Sport at the Service of Humanity and the
Inaugural Global Congress on Sports and Christianity York St John
University, UK, at which Dr Brian Brock led a thematic strand on
the topic-this book provides a foundation for further research and
practice. This text is a timely and important synthesis of ideas
that have emerged in two previously distinct areas of research: (i)
'disability sport' and (ii) the 'theology of disability'. Examples
of subjects addressed in this text include: elite physical
disability sport-Paralympics; intellectual disability sport-Special
Olympics; equestrian sport; church, sport and disability, and;
theologies of embodiment, competition and mercy. This book, written
by leaders in their respective fields, begins a critical
conversation on these topics, and many others, for both researchers
and practitioners. The chapters originally published in the Journal
of Disability and Religion and Quest.
The Parish as Oasis is a practical and accessible introduction to
how local churches can contribute to the healing the environmental
crisis. A notable feature of this book is that it does not engage
with that crisis. “Climate change” can be a contentious
cultural issue. And “climate despair” can be a pressing
pastoral issue. By focusing on practical and accessible
“experiments” that any parish can explore according to their
own context and capacities, this book seeks to equip people with a
hands-on understanding of the ideas unpacked in Laudato Si’. It
is a book that aspires to inspire congregations to get their hands
dirty, but it also plants those initiatives within a coherent
eco-theology and re-locates how we think about faith and the role
of church to the margins, serving as an oasis in those parts of our
society that are parched and denuded.
It consists of
three parts: an introductory essay that situates the theological
vision of the book, a practical array of experiments that
congregations can undertake to care for our common home, and a
conclusion pointing people to further resources. While being
intellectually rigorous, it is written in an accessible,
non-technical fashion. The practical experiments draw on real-world
examples, including interviews, to give each of these sections an
easy magazine-like feel.
Stanley Hauerwas is arguably the most well-known figure in
theological ethics of the last generation. Having published
voluminously over the last 30 years, late in his career he has also
published two volumes of essays discussing his corpus
retrospectively, as well as a widely acclaimed memoir. The sheer
volume of his work can be daunting to readers, and it is easy to
get the impression that his retrospective volumes are restating
positions developed earlier. Brian Brock delves into Hauerwas'
formation as a theologian at Yale, his first book, Character and
the Christian Life, and examines some of his early, and outspoken,
criticisms of the guild of Christian ethics. This chapter is
followed by a discussion of his memoir, Hannah's Child, and raises
tricky questions about the role of autobiography in Christian
ethics, as well as the troubling problem of race in the modern
academy. Brock explores Hauerwas' work on disability, his
criticisms of the discipline of medical ethics, and the role played
by vulnerability in his work. The next chapter examines his views
on just war and pacifism, here probing the sensitive issue of the
role of gender in his work, and leading into a discussion on the
nature of the church's peaceable politics, in which his supposed
hyper-ecclesiocentricism is examined. Brock examines the role of
virtue in Hauerwas' thought, and teases out why he hates to be
called a virtue ethicist. A final chapter asks him to respond to
the recently levelled criticism that scripture does no work in his
theology, focusing especially on his under-appreciated commentary
on the gospel of Matthew. The editor of this volume has managed to
maneuver Hauerwas into positions where he has directly faced tricky
questions that he normally does not discuss, such as the accusation
that he is racist, too soft on Yoder, or misogynist.
Stanley Hauerwas is arguably the most well-known figure in
theological ethics of the last generation. Having published
voluminously over the last 30 years, late in his career he has also
published two volumes of essays discussing his corpus
retrospectively, as well as a widely acclaimed memoir. The sheer
volume of his work can be daunting to readers, and it is easy to
get the impression that his retrospective volumes are restating
positions developed earlier. Brian Brock delves into Hauerwas'
formation as a theologian at Yale, his first book, Character and
the Christian Life, and examines some of his early, and outspoken,
criticisms of the guild of Christian ethics. This chapter is
followed by a discussion of his memoir, Hannah's Child, and raises
tricky questions about the role of autobiography in Christian
ethics, as well as the troubling problem of race in the modern
academy. Brock explores Hauerwas' work on disability, his
criticisms of the discipline of medical ethics, and the role played
by vulnerability in his work. The next chapter examines his views
on just war and pacifism, here probing the sensitive issue of the
role of gender in his work, and leading into a discussion on the
nature of the church's peaceable politics, in which his supposed
hyper-ecclesiocentricism is examined. Brock examines the role of
virtue in Hauerwas' thought, and teases out why he hates to be
called a virtue ethicist. A final chapter asks him to respond to
the recently levelled criticism that scripture does no work in his
theology, focusing especially on his under-appreciated commentary
on the gospel of Matthew. The editor of this volume has managed to
maneuver Hauerwas into positions where he has directly faced tricky
questions that he normally does not discuss, such as the accusation
that he is racist, too soft on Yoder, or misogynist.
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