By Nancy L. Eiesland, forward by Rebecca S. Chopp, Abingdon Press.
Drawing from a variety of social scientists, theologians, and linguists, Nancy Eiesland claims that low social position and status are the primary handicapping conditions among people with disabilities rather than personal failure to “adjust.” She then calls for a liberation theology that shifts the definition of the disabled from individuals who “need to adjust” to a minority group who can make both a theological and pastoral contribution.
