Hamilton N (2026)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2026
Book Volume: 86
Pages Range: 54-65
Journal Issue: 1
The article reinterprets the Pauline image of the »body of Christ« through the lens of Disability Theology. Beginning from the wounded and risen Christ, it argues that fragility, dependency, and difference are constitutive dimensions of ecclesial life rather than deficits to be overcome. Christologically grounded in the unio hypostatica and communicatio idiomatum, divine presence is revealed in wounded embodiment. Ecclesiologically, the church appears as a communio vulnerata - a vulnerable, relational body sustained by mutual gift and recognition. Ecumenically, this perspective envisions unity through shared brokenness, where holiness is manifest not despite but through human limitation.
APA:
Hamilton, N. (2026). The broken body of Christ: Ecclesiological impulses of Disability Theology for ecumenism Der gebrochene Leib Christi: Ekklesiologische Impulse der Disability Theology für die ökumene. Evangelische Theologie, 86(1), 54-65. https://doi.org/10.1515/evth-2025-2005
MLA:
Hamilton, Nadine. "The broken body of Christ: Ecclesiological impulses of Disability Theology for ecumenism Der gebrochene Leib Christi: Ekklesiologische Impulse der Disability Theology für die ökumene." Evangelische Theologie 86.1 (2026): 54-65.
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