Disability, Vocation, and Prophetic Witness

John Swinton

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Disability, Vocation, and Prophetic Witness

John Swinton^* (Corresponding Author)

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This paper builds on Frances Young’s suggestion that people with profound intellectual disability have a prophetic vocation. It explores the idea of vocation using the experience of intellectual disability as a critical hermeneutic that brings to the fore a perspective that views vocation as something that includes all of the Body of Christ and not just the head. The intention is to offer a different more theologically and practically inclusive perspective on vocation that might enable us to create communities where each member's vocation was valued and enabled.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	186-197
Number of pages	12
Journal	Theology Today
Volume	77
Issue number	2
Early online date	4 Jul 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0040573620920667
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 2020

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vocation
intellectual disability
disability
practical theology
knowledge of God
discipleship
vocation, intellectual disability, disability, practical theology, knowledge of God, discipleship

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