Disability in History, Disability in Eschatology

This chapter applies Wright’s approach to history and eschatology to issues related to disability. It argues that Wright’s approach to the relationship between history and eschatology, as expressed most fully in the aptly named book History and Eschatology , does not fully model a theological commitment to liberation that Wright seems to endorse elsewhere, particularly as it relates to disability. It then shows how Wright’s work does, in fact, have the resources to correct this lacuna. The Church’s history of engagement with disability reflects the kinds of “broken signposts” that figure into Wright’s natural theology. Similarly, broadening our eschatological vision to specifically address disability can help the Church live into the redemptive and liberatory vocation to which it is called.