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The work aims to explore the intersections of disability, medicine, and healing in early Christian texts and contexts.

July 13, 2026Open Access

Susan R. Holman – Chris L. de Wet – Jonathan L. Zecher (eds), Disability, Medicine, and Healing Discourse in Early Christianity:

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The work aims to explore the intersections of disability, medicine, and healing in early Christian texts and contexts.
Edited volume compiling various scholarly contributions on the topic.
Focus on historical analysis and discourse analysis of early Christian literature.
Engagement with health humanities frameworks to re-examine traditional narratives.
Provides new insights into how early Christian communities understood and discussed disability.
Highlights the role of medicine and healing within the context of faith and community.
Encourages interdisciplinary dialogue between theology and health humanities.

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Edited volume explores disability and healing in early Christianity, highlighting health humanities discussions.

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Susan R. Holman – Chris L. de Wet – Jonathan L. Zecher (eds), Disability, Medicine, and Healing Discourse in Early Christianity: New Conversations for Health Humanities. Abingdon: Routledge 2024. 194 pp. – ISBN 978-0-367-53118-8

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Sofia Kyriakidou (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5482a4475c38bf615a5d6c https://doi.org/10.17879/byzrev-2026-9978

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Edited volume explores disability and healing in early Christianity, highlighting health humanities discussions.

Susan R. Holman – Chris L. de Wet – Jonathan L. Zecher (eds), Disability, Medicine, and Healing Discourse in Early Christianity:

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Susan R. Holman – Chris L. de Wet – Jonathan L. Zecher (eds), Disability, Medicine, and Healing Discourse in Early Christianity:

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