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Editorial 7 Part One: Introduction Theology and Disability Studies: A Bereft Reappraisal 13 Hans S. Reinders Part Two: Reading Our Traditions Catechesis For People With Disabilities: A Look at the Path of the Catholic Church in Italy 29 VERONICA AMATA DONATELLO Unbalanced Reading: Dis/ability-Critical Approaches to Biblical Healing Narratives Illustrated by Mk 7.31-37 37 MARKUS SCHIEFER FERRARI Approaching Disability: Pastoral History and Practice Analyzed Through the Models of the Church 48 LUCA BADETTI Rebuilding Christian Mission from the Perspective of "Discriminated Differently Abled" 58 HUANG, PO HO Part Three: Rethinking Humanity Rethinking Charity 69 ANNE MASTERS Living Together in the Household of God: A Perspective from a Person with Disabilities 80 STEPHEN ARULAMPALAM Towards Disability Theology in Christianity and Islam 90 NAEIMEH POURMOHAMMADI Disability and Perfection 101 BERNHARD NITSCHE Part Four: Reforming the Church History and Comments of EDAN at the WCC 113 SAMUEL GEORGE 'Finding Something for Bénédicte to Do': What Place can Women with Learning Difficulties Have in the Eucharistic Liturgy? 118 TALITHA COOREMAN-GUITTIN Liturgical Imagination at Full Stretch: Possibilities for Leadership of Disabled People 128 MIRIAM SPIES Relationships of Solidarity as Heterotopias Bringing Wholeness to People with (and without) Disabilities 138 MARTIN M. LINTNER Part Five: Theological Forum Sacraments for a Sick World: Thoughts on Sacramental Lockdown During the Pandemic 149 MARGARETA GRUBER Contributors 155