Western Christianity's two historical treatments of people with disabilities or mental illness |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, Children''s Hospital of New York, New York, NY;2. Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL;3. Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, New York, NY;4. Ambulatory Care Network, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY;5. Pediatrics, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY;1. Management Science and Engineering at the School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road Box 114, Shanghai 200237, China;2. Marketing and Management & Organization, Director of the Center for Global Innovation and Neely Chair of American Enterprise at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, P.O. Box 90089-0443, Los Angeles, CA, USA;1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea;2. MRC for Ischemic Tissue Regeneration, Medical Research Institute, Department of Pharmacology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea;3. Department of Physics, Dong-A University, Busan 604-714, Republic of Korea;4. Department of Anatomy, Pusan National University School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea;1. Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada;2. Research Centre for Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China;3. SFU-JLU Joint Centre for Bioarchaeology Research, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada;4. Henan Provincial Administration of Cultural Heritage, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China;1. Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States;2. College of Media and Communication, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR 72467, United States |
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| Abstract: | Christianity had two traditions of interpreting people with disabilities. The older tradition viewed disability as the result of sin. This tradition punished, separated, and restricted people with disabilities. It barred them from full participation in the Church and its rituals. However, as Christianity developed, a second tradition emerged that saw people with disabilities as needing compassion and that God accepted everyone. The second tradition saw people with disabilities as representing opportunities for the faithful to do charitable works. Christianity led the movement to provide assistance to people with disabilities until government later began to supplant its efforts. |
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