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Encountering the Disabled God

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Nancy Eiesland*
Affiliation:
Emory University

Extract

I have been part of several congregations whose practice of receiving Eucharist includes filing to the front of the sanctuary and kneeling at the communion rail. Often, because I am either in a wheelchair or using crutches, an usher informs me that I need not go forward for the Eucharist. Instead, I am offered the sacrament at my seat after everyone else has been served.

Type
Conference on Disability Studies and the University
Copyright
Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 2005

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Works Cited

American Lutheran Church. “Reports and Actions, Part 1.” Action General Convention. 80.6.109.Google Scholar