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Crafts a theology of time that draws us toward a perspective wherein time is a gift and a calling. Time is not a commodity nor is time to be mastered. Time is a gift of God to humans, but is also a gift given back to God by humans.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Time, Disability, and the Fragile Brain
  • Part I. Time and Disability
  • Chapter 1. Thinking about Time: The Tyranny of the Clock
  • Chapter 2. Time and Progress: Disability and the Wrong Kind of Time
  • Part II. Learning to Live in God's Time
  • Chapter 3. Time and Christ: A Brief Theology of Time
  • Chapter 4. Becoming Friends of Time: Love Has a Speed
  • Part III. From Inclusion to Discipleship
  • Chapter 5. Time and Discipleship: Inclusion, Discipleship, and Profound Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 6. Time and Vocation: Slow and Gentle Disciples
  • Part IV. Reclaiming the Heart
  • Chapter 7. Time and Memory: Dementia and the Advancement of Time
  • Chapter 8. Time and the Heart: Affective Remembering
  • Part V. The Horror of Time
  • Chapter 9. The Horror of Time: Acquired Brain Injury and Personality Change
  • Chapter 10. The Time Before and the Time After: Brain Injury, Human Identity, and the Hiddenness of Our Lives in Christ
  • Chapter 11. Time and Ritual: Funerals for Friends
  • Conclusion: Being in Christ, Being in Time: Every Body Has a Place
  • Appendix: Redeeming Time: A Lived Funeral
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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        Publisher: Baylor University Press
        Publication Date: 1/30/2018 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9781481304092, 978-1481304092
        ISBN10: 1481304097
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        Disability: social aspects Religious ethics

        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Crafts a theology of time that draws us toward a perspective wherein time is a gift and a calling. Time is not a commodity nor is time to be mastered. Time is a gift of God to humans, but is also a gift given back to God by humans.

        Table of Contents
        • Acknowledgments
        • Introduction: Time, Disability, and the Fragile Brain
        • Part I. Time and Disability
        • Chapter 1. Thinking about Time: The Tyranny of the Clock
        • Chapter 2. Time and Progress: Disability and the Wrong Kind of Time
        • Part II. Learning to Live in God's Time
        • Chapter 3. Time and Christ: A Brief Theology of Time
        • Chapter 4. Becoming Friends of Time: Love Has a Speed
        • Part III. From Inclusion to Discipleship
        • Chapter 5. Time and Discipleship: Inclusion, Discipleship, and Profound Intellectual Disability
        • Chapter 6. Time and Vocation: Slow and Gentle Disciples
        • Part IV. Reclaiming the Heart
        • Chapter 7. Time and Memory: Dementia and the Advancement of Time
        • Chapter 8. Time and the Heart: Affective Remembering
        • Part V. The Horror of Time
        • Chapter 9. The Horror of Time: Acquired Brain Injury and Personality Change
        • Chapter 10. The Time Before and the Time After: Brain Injury, Human Identity, and the Hiddenness of Our Lives in Christ
        • Chapter 11. Time and Ritual: Funerals for Friends
        • Conclusion: Being in Christ, Being in Time: Every Body Has a Place
        • Appendix: Redeeming Time: A Lived Funeral
        • Notes
        • Bibliography
        • Index

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