Ephphata! Deaf Church Responds to Synod on Synodality

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Park, Min Seo. Ephphata! Deaf Church Responds to Synod On Synodality. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ea0b02fc-e044-49eb-9d9d-7f0afc7f4d13.

P. M. Seo. Ephphata! Deaf Church Responds to Synod on Synodality. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ea0b02fc-e044-49eb-9d9d-7f0afc7f4d13

Park, Min Seo. Ephphata! Deaf Church Responds to Synod On Synodality. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ea0b02fc-e044-49eb-9d9d-7f0afc7f4d13.

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Through Pope Francis and the synodal process, a practical theological method emerges that involves encountering people where they are at, honoring their stories and listening deeply in ways that encourage dialogue and inclusion. This thesis-project questions the absence of Deaf people in the process and calls the Church to "be open!" to the stories and struggles of Deaf Church; to encounter Deaf culture and experiences; to listen deeply to the perspectives and wisdom of Deaf people and communties; and to learn from and engage in mutual dialogue with Deaf people in order to be an inclusive Church. It draws on the scholarship of select Asian theologicans with respect to the importance of telling of one's own story in the doing of theology and on the scholarship of select Deaf theologians who use Deaf experience as source of theology. It explores, narrates, and analyzes experiences of Deaf Church from the perspective of Deaf Catholics in Asia with a particular focus on Deaf Catholics from the Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea.

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