On Christ and Healing: Eiesland,Tillich, and Disability Theology |
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| Authors: | Courtney Wilder |
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| Institution: | Courtney Wilder earned her doctorate from the University of Chicago, where she wrote her dissertation on the sermons of Paul Tillich and Rudolf Bultmann. She teaches at Midland University, an ELCA institution in Fremont, Nebraska, where she is chair of the Religion and Philosophy Department. She is the current President of the North American Paul Tillich Society. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract : The existentialist interpretation of the biblical texts offered by Protestant theologian Paul Tillich is deeply problematic in its treatment of disability, especially mental illness. Theologian Nancy Eiesland argues against a conflation of sin and illness, and proposes the symbol of the disabled God as a source for a liberation theology of disability. Reading the biblical texts existentially, as Tillich suggests, can advance Eiesland's Christology, while her critique of Christian teaching on disability offers a correction for Tillich. |
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| Keywords: | Tillich Eiesland disability healing sin existentialism |
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