Rethinking Disability and the Divine Image: Resisting Ableism, Queering Kinship
202 S. Thayer - 2022 202 S. Thayer St., Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesThe assertion that humanity is made in the image of God has long been a linchpin of Jewish ethical thought, grounding contemporary commitments to human rights, racial justice, gender equity, disability affirmation, and more. But "divine image" traditions rest on a troubling intellectual history, one that traffics in human exceptionalism, anthropocentrism, and intense ableism. This …