Autism, humanity and personhood : a Christ-centred theological anthropology /: a Christ-centred theological anthropology. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Jennifer Anne Cox.
• Authors: Cox, Jennifer Anne
• Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Pressing Question; How Might We Go About Answering the Question?; Outline of the Book; Chapter One; Introduction; The "Discovery"4 of Autism; The Core Features of Autism; Autism over the Lifetime; Perceptions of Autism; Autism Terminology; Two Lived Experiences of Autism; Conclusion: Theological Questions; Chapter Two; Introduction; In the Beginning Elohim; God Said, "Let There Be Light"; Creation ex Nihilo; Let Us Make Humans in Our Image; Autism and the Image of God; Have Dominion over the Earth; Adam Gave Names to All the Animals It Is Not Good to Be AloneNo Autism in the Beginning; The Origin of Autism; Conclusion; Chapter Three; Introduction; The Problem Which Inability Poses to Theology; Some Inclusive Anthropologies; Jesus Christ: True Human Being and True Image of God; Irenaeus: Recapitulation; The Implications of Irenaeus' Theology; J.B. Torrance; Implications of the Vicarious Humanity of Christ; The Nature of Human Personhood; Personhood and Severe Autism; Jesus Christ the Humanizing Human and Personalizing Person; Humanizing Human and Personalizing Person and Autism; Conclusion; Chapter Four; Introduction The Meaning and Purpose of the AtonementJesus Bears the Loneliness of the Cross for Us; Conclusion; Chapter Five; Introduction; Eiesland: The Disabled God; Yong: Removing the Disability Would Remove the Person; Critique of Eiesland and Yong; The Resurrection; Conclusion; Chapter Six; Introduction; Three Views of Salvation for People with Cognitive Disability; Infant Salvation; John the Baptist: Exemplar of Infant Salvation; The Nature of Saving Faith; The Holy Spirit; Conclusion; Conclusion; Revisiting the Core Ideas of the Book; Implications of an Extrinsic Anthropology
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 244 pages)
• Subjects: 233; Religion: general; Theological anthropology; Autism -- Religious aspects; RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology; Geography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443891561; 1443891568
• Related ISBNs: 1443850748; 9781443850742
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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