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African Theology
American Sign Language
Author_Wayne Morris
Black Theology
British Sign Language
BSL Interpreter
BSL User
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churches
Common Language
community
culture
deaf
Deaf Children
Deaf Churches
Deaf Club
Deaf Community
Deaf Culture
Deaf People
Deaf Person
deaf studies
Deaf Theology
Disabled God
ecclesiology research
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Faith Seeking Understanding
hearing
Hearing People
Human Suffering
Johane Masowe
language
liturgical practice
Manual Alphabet
Mercy Amba Oduyoye
non-written theology research
nonverbal communication
Oral Theology
people
person
religious identity
sign
Tamil Nadu
Understanding Deaf Culture
understands
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780754662228
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 2008
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book is a study of a Christian theology without words, focussing on theology in the Deaf Community. Deaf people's first and preferred method of communication is not English or any other spoken language, but British Sign Language - a language that cannot be written down. Deaf people of faith attend church on a regular basis, profess faith in God and have developed unique approaches to doing theology. While most Western theology is word-centred and is either expressed through or dependent on written texts, theology in the Deaf Community is largely non-written. This book presents and examines some of that theology from the Deaf Community and argues that written texts are not necessary for creative theological debate, a deep spirituality or for ideas about God to develop.
Wayne Morris is Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Chester. He was previously National Coordinator of Church Action on Disability and has worked alongside Deaf people in the churches and education in the UK for 10 years. He is co-author (with Roy McCloughry) of Making a World of Difference: Christian Reflections on Disability (2002)
