Differently Able

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