Mutual Accompaniment as Faith-Filled Living

Recognition of the Vulnerable Other
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-06009-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 301 g

In this book, Gerard J. Ryan examines the interrelationship between recognition theory and theology with their respective concerns for what it means to be a human. He advocates a mutual accompaniment that reformulates recognition theory within a practical and public theology. Ryan develops this interpersonal recognition through the accompaniment of vulnerable people, particularly persons with disabilities and those who suffer from mental illness. He explores three contexts that support this mutual accompaniment and the labour of recognition. These are narrativity, the stories we live out of; vulnerability, the basic human condition common to all; and participation, the inter-relationship of humanity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ryan, Gerard J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Religionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Recognition Through Mutual Accompaniment.- 2. Theological Reflection as a Resource for Recognition of the Vulnerable Other.- 3. Narrative as a Context for Theological Reflection on Recognition.- 4. Vulnerability as a Context for Theological Reflection on Recognition.- 5. Disability as a Context for Theological Reflection on Recognition.- 6. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Gerard J. Ryan is Assistant Professor of Political Theology, Regis College, Toronto School of Theology in the University of Toronto, Canada.