Christian Philosophy and Disability Advocacy

Abstract

In this chapter, Kevin Timpe explores a number of similarities between one approach to Christian philosophy and disability advocacy. Both tasks are normatively loaded in that they assume certain views about truth, the good life, the extant and source of value. Both are hermeneutically situated, shaped by their historical contexts, and as a result are also developmental—i.e., the particular normative agenda changes as the context develops. Finally, Timpe argues that Christian philosophy and disability are inherently communal, both in that they’re done communally and also that they have communal effects.