
Human Difference
Reflections on a Life in Proximity to Disability
Andrew Barron(Author)
Cascade Books (Publisher)
Published on 6. August 2024
Book
Hardback
168 pages
978-1-6667-7924-0 (ISBN)
Description
Living in proximity to human disability, with a son who has Down Syndrome, Andrew Barron has come to understand that not only do we live in a world of human difference, but that God wants us to live in this kind of world, for our own flourishing. Human Difference is an extended meditation on that experience and a reflection on the nature of human care and hospitality. Barron seeks to understand and embrace the uncertainty that comes with living in proximity to difference and disability and reflects on how we might better cope with and ultimately be enriched by its ambiguity. He undertakes a new approach to difference: we must be ready to venture into uncomfortable territory, to ""put out into the deep water"" and to actively seek out an intimate and open closeness with difference and disability.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6667-7924-0 (9781666779240)
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E-Book
08/2024
Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Persons
Professor Andrew Barron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_R._Barron) is the Director of the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) (http://www.esri-swansea.org/en/) and currently the PI of the £9.2 million Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions (RICE) demonstration project (http://rice.cymru/en/) within the ESRI.