Disciples and Friends

Introduction: What Does It Mean to Be Human? by Armand Léon van OmmenPart One: Practical Theology in a Swintonian Key1 Enacting a Theology of Disability: Framing Swinton, by Topher Endress, Hannah Waite, and Julie Marie Land2 Exploring the World through a Theological Lens: "Swintonian" Practical Theology, by Henk De Roest3 Worship and Discipleship as Meta-Themes in the Theology of John Swinton, by Doug GayPart Two: Vulnerability Subverted4 The Subversion of Strength and Weakness: Paul's Grammar of Salvation and Autism, by Grant Macaskill5 On Disability and the Dread of Vulnerability, by Marcia Webb6 Does L'Arche Need Another Saint?, by Hans S. Reinders and Cristina Gangemi7 Being Remembered When We Forget: Finding God in Dementia and Suffering, by Michael MawsonPart Three: Quests for Faithful Embodiment8 Bearing the Reality of Dementia, by Aileen Barclay9 Navigating Mental Health: A Personal Narrative, by Elahe Hessamfar10 "I Could Not for the Life of Me Remember His Name!": Dementia Care in Australia, by Stephen Judd11 All God's Children Got a Place in the Choir: Discipleship, Disability, and Dementia, by William C. GaventaPart Four: Living Gently in a Violent World12 Belonging, by Benjamin Conner13 The Being of Friendship: An Essay in Honor of the Tired John Swinton, by Andrew Root14 The Practice of Health Care and the Gentleness of Jesus, by Stanley Hauerwas and Warren Kinghorn15 Peace, by Medi Anne VolpeAfterword: On Following Jesus into the Shadows, by Brian R. Brock