Blindsided by Grace: Entering the World of Disability
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Blindsided by Grace: Entering the World of Disability  -     By: Robert F. Molsberry

Blindsided by Grace: Entering the World of Disability

Fortress Press / 2004 / Paperback

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Confronting the stereotypes surrounding the experience of having a disability, Molsberry compares his post-trauma adjustment to an immersion in an alien culture. Noting that the challenges are not just physical or mental, he discusses cultural, political, and theological factors, as well as medical advances, with humor and honesty. 115 pages, softcover from Augsburg.

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Title: Blindsided by Grace: Entering the World of Disability
By: Robert F. Molsberry
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 115
Vendor: Fortress Press
Publication Date: 2004
Dimensions: 8.5 X 5.5 (inches)
Weight: 9 ounces
ISBN: 0806645725
ISBN-13: 9780806645728
Stock No: WW45725

Publisher's Description

An active pastor, husband, father, and triathlete, Robert F. Molsberry was left paraplegic following a near fatal hit and run accident in 1997. After a long period of recovery and rehabilitation, he has returned to an active life including family, ministry, and athletics. The book reflects on his experience of disability not as a medical condition in search of a cure, nor as a tragedy to be pitied, but as a cross-cultural adventure similar to learning to live in a foreign country. Molsberry also offers biblical and theological reflection that confronts the Bible's ancient worldview regarding disability rather than deserved punishment or opportunity for miraculous cure, he explores biblical texts that see disability as an occasion for radical hospitality and inclusion.

Author Bio

Bob Molsberry is senior pastor of United Church of Christ-Congregational in Grinnell, Iowa. He is the author of many published articles, both before and after becoming disabled, in local and national media. The writing of Blindsided by Grace was supported by a grant from the Lilly Endowment's National Clergy Renewal Program.

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