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Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.

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Dr W Graham Monteith firmly believes that theology must be born in the community and out of personal experience. He has cerebral palsy and many of the images in Deconstructing Miracles were implanted in his mind in Westerlea (a pioneering special school in Edinburgh, now the Head Office of Capability Scotland) where Graham learned to think without writing and use dictation as a medium. Dr Monteith wrestled for many years with his own and his f...

The Rev'd Dr Graham Monteith argues strongly that it is wrong to assume that we have autonomy to decide when we should end our own lives. Our lives belong to God not to ourselves. He does not rehearse the usual arguments against euthanasia but argues that the miracles in the Bible where someone is brought back to life indicate how much God values life and gives us all an opportunity to live it to the full in his service. Such service does no...

What exactly is it like to be a disabled person within society and the Church? The author, himself disabled, argues that disabled people should not be seen merely as a source of inspiration but as valid and valuable contributors who could be encouraged if institutions were to take positive steps to integrate and listen to them. The book's main thrust is to develop a theology which shows that Christ identifies with disabled people and that on t...

Saint Paul is often regarded as a repressive conservative but in fact produced a very radical solution for including everyone in the body of Christ. As a disabled person himself, he would not have been unmindful of the difficulties they face in achieving inclusion. This book unfolds the story of how he sought to include disabled people in the Christian fellowship.Other chapters show how some of the other epistles of the New Testament bring mea...

This book is the last of three on the miracles of Jesus and concentrates on the nature miracles. It's purpose is to place them in the context of our demand for signs and our scepticism about science and our appetite for ways of fixing the environment. Theologians used to have a respect for science and could understand God's ways through it. However, we now tend to take a very fundamentalist view of the Bible. The author shows that God gave his...

Detects the beginning of an awareness in the Church that it must develop a mature understanding of disability. This title argues that disability is a normal fact of life which many people do not understand. It shows that, in the miracles, Jesus demonstrated a unique understanding of the issues of social isolation and exclusion.