

Differently Abled
Editorial 7
Part One: Introduction
Theology and Disability Studies:
A Bereft Reappraisal 13
Hans S. Reinders
Part Two: Reading Our Traditions
Catechesis For People With Disabilities:
A Look at the Path of the Catholic Church in Italy 29
VERONICA AMATA DONATELLO
Unbalanced Reading:
Dis/ability-Critical Approaches to Biblical Healing Narratives
Illustrated by Mk 7.31-37 37
MARKUS SCHIEFER FERRARI
Approaching Disability:
Pastoral History and Practice Analyzed Through the Models
of the Church 48
LUCA BADETTI
Rebuilding Christian Mission from the Perspective of
"Discriminated Differently Abled" 58
HUANG, PO HO
Part Three: Rethinking Humanity
Rethinking Charity 69
ANNE MASTERS
Living Together in the Household of God:
A Perspective from a Person with Disabilities 80
STEPHEN ARULAMPALAM
Towards Disability Theology in Christianity and Islam 90
NAEIMEH POURMOHAMMADI
Disability and Perfection 101
BERNHARD NITSCHE
Part Four: Reforming the Church
History and Comments of EDAN at the WCC 113
SAMUEL GEORGE
'Finding Something for Bénédicte to Do':
What Place can Women with Learning Difficulties Have in the
Eucharistic Liturgy? 118
TALITHA COOREMAN-GUITTIN
Liturgical Imagination at Full Stretch:
Possibilities for Leadership of Disabled People 128
MIRIAM SPIES
Relationships of Solidarity as Heterotopias Bringing Wholeness
to People with (and without) Disabilities 138
MARTIN M. LINTNER
Part Five: Theological Forum
Sacraments for a Sick World:
Thoughts on Sacramental Lockdown During the Pandemic 149
MARGARETA GRUBER
Contributors 155
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