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Exploring how the use and definition of the term &#8220;disability&#8221; functioned to allocate agency and culpability, this study argues that the post-Restoration imperative to capacitate &#8220;all men&#8221;\u2014not just the &#8220;elect&#8221;\u2014entailed a conceptual circumscription of disability, one premised on a normative imputation of capability. The work of Richard Baxter, sometimes considered a harbinger of &#8216;modernity&#8217; and one of the most influential divines of the Long Eighteenth Century, elucidates this multifarious process of enabling. In constructing an ideology of ability that imposed moral self-determination, Baxter encountered a germinal form of the &#8220;problem&#8221; of disability in liberal theory. While a strategy of &#8220;inclusionism&#8221; served to assimilate most manifestations of alterity, melancholy presented an intractability that frustrated the logic of rehabilitation in fatal ways.<\/p>\nThis title is available as Open Access on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/elements\/disavowing-disability\/6D51ACB465ACF8345EC0900B6C8D531B\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Cambridge Core<\/span><\/a>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af23a36 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af23a36\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element elementor-element-6ee5a5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ee5a5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4406d9\" data-id=\"a4406d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4010731 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"4010731\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-quote-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb17825 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb17825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJarred Wiehe\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dec8caa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dec8caa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1215\/00982601-11523740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eighteenth-Century Life<\/a><\/span> 49.1,<\/i> 122-124<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5432408\" data-id=\"5432408\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f72ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58f72ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em>I love unexpected connections. In Andrew McKendry\u2019s Disavowing Disability: Richard Baxter and the Conditions of Salvation, a new work on disability, Calvinism, and seventeenth-century theology in the Cambridge Elements series, I found so much to love. McKendry\u2019s smart, savvy, and surprisingly urgent exploration of the theological workings of salvation (\u201csoteriology\u201d) teaches readers how Richard Baxter\u2019s theology illuminates ongoing crises in exclusionary thinking baked into liberalism and liberal personhood. \u2026 McKendry succeeds in making Baxter\u2019s work legible to a range of audiences, including Restoration literary historians, contemporary disability theorists, and even\u2014surprise\u2014queer theorists. \u2026 Disavowing Disability is also impressive in its breadth of thinking through multiple forms, shapes, and temporalities of disability. \u2026 Given his attention to structures of care and the ethics of normalizing, liberal drives, I think McKendry\u2019s work would illuminate much for both undergraduate and graduate students exploring care networks. I found myself excitedly drafting a special topics seminar syllabus on bioethics of care for nursing and health science students in south Texas (many of whom get into medicine through their faith), and it would be a treat to teach McKendry\u2019s work in that context. Overall, McKendry\u2019s Disavowing Disability is an illuminating project that helps a wide range of scholars recognize and push back against disqualifying frameworks for making liberal personhood\u2014many of which endure in our medical, legal, and educational systems. Thanks for that, Baxter.<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8e62f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8e62f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a9371a\" data-id=\"3a9371a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb12825 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"bb12825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-quote-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b9937b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b9937b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlison Searle\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f3e5f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f3e5f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/journals\/chrc\/102\/3-4\/article-p569_23.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church History &amp; Religious Culture<\/a><\/span> 102.3-4,<\/i> 569-571<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4174dec\" data-id=\"4174dec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cad58be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cad58be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em>This excellent short study demonstrates the intellectual and cultural value of taking both early modern British theology\u2014here the writings of the puritan, Richard Baxter\u2014seriously and negotiating the potential pitfalls of presentism that drawing it into dialogue with contemporary theoretical approaches, in this case, disability studies proffers \u2026. There is nothing lumbering about the seven tightly organised sections of Disavowing Disability. McKendry invites us to remap the often forgotten or suppressed theological genealogies that have shaped the ableism of liberal theory and to rethink Baxter\u2019s extensive and influential oeuvre through the lens of disability studies and its critique of \u2018natural ability.\u2019 \u2026 The significance of this book lies in its seemingly effortless but deeply rigorous interdisciplinarity and lightly worn erudition \u2026. The virtue of McKendry\u2019s account is its astute combination of the tools of theology with literary criticism and disability studies \u2026. It illuminates the contours of Baxter\u2019s enormous theological project in connection with his life (and how he narrates it) and demonstrates in a fresh and generative way how Baxter acted as a key mediator and innovator of theological models that continue to shape ableist assumptions of the individual subject within secular, liberal theories of the self.<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-53027ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53027ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e16a15d\" data-id=\"e16a15d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6462bba elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"6462bba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-quote-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0514e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0514e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMargaret S\u00f6nser Breen\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0691e5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0691e5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/docview\/2817788735\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Bunyan Studies<\/span><\/a> <\/i>26, 124-130<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-12953f4\" data-id=\"12953f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2909f87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2909f87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em>Disavowing Disability proves an enjoyable and provocative study. To this reviewer&#8217;s delight, McKendry&#8217;s argument is propelled forward at various stages by questions illuminating the significations and contexts of disability with regard to seventeenth-century religious writings, Baxter&#8217;s in particular. In the process, not only experienced researchers but also graduate students, and even advanced undergraduate students, are reminded &#8211; and taught &#8211; how to identify and think through key issues and distinctions. Incisive, erudite, and highly readable, this Element puts scholars of seventeenth-century religious history, disability studies, queer studies, and feminist studies in conversation with one another. As such, it proves a fine example of what McKendry terms &#8216;alliance building&#8217; (2) and a testament to the intellectual rewards of crossdisciplinary work.<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-af777f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af777f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e3ef73\" data-id=\"1e3ef73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3af2bab elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"3af2bab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-quote-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f0429 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45f0429\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMaura Brady\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dce806 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4dce806\" 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