Groeien in menselijkheid:over het Scheppingsverhaal, kwetsbaarheid en vriendschap tussen mensen met en zonder beperkingen
(2019) Collationes. Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Theologie en Pastoraal — Vol. 49, n° 2, p. 197-210 (2019)
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Cooreman-Guittin, Talitha 
- Abstract
- People with intellectual disabilities question the whole human community: “Why did God make me this way?” or “Why does no one want us as friends?” These questions serve as a starting point for a search throughout the story of Creation to see how people with intellectual disabilities are perceived. The difficulty of making friends of all abilities is conditioned by our perception of disability. Assuming that this perception is determined in part by our religious conceptions, including our understanding of a so-called "adamic perfection," the author seeks a theologically and pastorally adjusted response to the two questions posed. By starting the conversation between disability theologies and catechesis in France, she opens new perspectives, transforming the anthropological representations relating to the Christian faith, allowing a "capacitating" catechesis that opens a pathway to friendships beyond the barriers of disability.
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Cooreman-Guittin, T. (2019). Groeien in menselijkheid:over het Scheppingsverhaal, kwetsbaarheid en vriendschap tussen mensen met en zonder beperkingen. Collationes. Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Theologie en Pastoraal, 49(2), 197-210. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/123171 (Original work published 2019)