Graceful Embrace: Theological Reflections on Adopting Children

John Swinton is professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care at the University of Aberdeen. His main areas of research include the relationship between spirituality, theology and health, the theology of disability, and qualitative research methodologies.Brian Brock is Reader in Practical and Moral Theology at the University of Aberdeen. His main areas of research include the use of scripture in Christian ethics, disability theology, and the ethics of technological development.

• ContentsForewordList of TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionJohn Swinton and Brian BrockAdoption: A Theological Account1 On Language, Children and God: Naming, Dominion and DominationBrian Brock2 Why Christians Should (Not) Choose AdoptionJana Marguerite Bennett3 Belonging: A Theological and Moral Inquiry into AdoptionBrent Waters4 ``Entrusted for Creaturely Life within God's Story -- The Ethos of Adoption in Theological Perspective''Hans G. Ulrich5 Adoption in Christian Social Ethics: Reflections from a German PerspectiveHenning Thei\unichr{00DF}en6 The Importance of Knowing Where You Come fromKarin Ulrich-EschemannExplorations in Living out Adoption7 Why Would I Look for My Parents?: Living Peaceably with the Only Family I HaveJohn Swinton8 Why is Adoption Such a Difficult Choice?: A Practical Theology InquiryDale P. Andrews9 Identity and the Adoption TriadWilliam R. McAlpine10 Theological Reflection on Inter-country Adoptions of Special Needs Children from Mainland ChinaSarah Shea11 Unnatural Ties: How Adoption Queers the FamilyR. Ruard Ganzevoort and Marco Derks12 Embraced in God's Trembling-Womb Love: A Theology of AdoptionKirsten Sonkyo Oh13 Between Ascension and Pentecost: A Theology of AdoptionHeather Walton14 Jonathan and Me: Constructing a Movie, Constructing OurselvesPaul ShrierReferencesIndex