Nancy Eiesland

Nancy L. Eiesland (April 6, 1964 – March 10, 2009) was a professor at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta.[1][2][3]

Eiesland, born with a congenital bone defect, underwent numerous operations in her youth and experienced considerable pain as well as disability. These factors informed her theological perspective that God is disabled, culminating in her publication of The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability (1994). A German translation of this book was published in 2018: Nancy L. Eiesland, Der behinderte Gott. Anstöße zu einer Befreiungstheologie der Behinderung. Übersetzt und eingeleitet von Werner Schüßler, Würzburg: Echter Verlag, 2018, 2nd ed. 2020.

Eiesland died of lung cancer at age 44.

Legacy

In the Fall 2014 Centennial Commemorative Edition of the Candler Connection magazine, Eiesland is posthumously recognized as one of fifty-six Centennial Medalists, and The Disabled God is named among the most significant books written by Candler faculty in its first 100 years.[4]

In 2015, Candler established the Nancy Eiesland Endowment Lecture series in Eiesland's honor.[5]

References

  1. ^ Martin, Douglas (March 21, 2009). "Nancy Eiesland Is Dead at 44; Wrote of a Disabled God". The New York Times. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
  2. ^ "Obituaries: Nancy Eiesland, Theologian and sociologist who wrote of a disabled God". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. April 10, 2009. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
  3. ^ "Tribute: Courageous inquiry: Remembering Eiesland". www.emory.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  4. ^ "Candler Connection Centennial by Candler School of Theology - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Hanna, Laurel (February 23, 2015). "Candler to Present Inaugural Eiesland Lecture on March 25". Candler School of Theology. Atlanta, GA. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

Further reading

  • Edgell Becker, Penny; Eiesland, Nancy L., eds. (1997). Contemporary American Religion: An Ethnographic Reader. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. ISBN 978-0761991960.
  • "Eiesland, Nancy L. 1964–". Contemporary Authors. Vol. 222. Thomson Gale. 2004. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-0-7876-6702-3.
  • Eiesland, Nancy L. (1993). The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press. ISBN 978-0687108015.
  • Eiesland, Nancy L.; Saliers, Don E., eds. (1998). Human Disability and the Service of God: Reassessing Religious Practice. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press. ISBN 9780687273164.
  • Eiesland, Nancy L. (1999). A Living Sculpture of Certain Truths: Reverencing Bodies in Church and Society. Margaret E. Pyne Memorial Lecture. Cambridge, MA: Weston Jesuit School of Theology.
  • Eiesland, Nancy L. (2000). A Particular Place: Urban Restructuring and Religious Ecology in a Southern Exurb. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0813527383.


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