CONTENTS: Acknowledgement Foreword List of Abbreviations Glossary List of Table Introduction Chapter 1: Understanding the Contemporary Disability Discourse 1. Introduction 2. Disability in India - A Survey 3. Defining Disability 4. Disability Study as an Academic Discourse in Context 5. Overview of the Experiences and Stigma Attached to PwD 6. Different Models in Understanding Disability 7. A Historical Overview of Disability Rights Movement 8. Disability Rights Movement and the Indian Context 9. Disability and the Indian Constitution 10. Disability and the Churches 11. Conclusion Chapter 2: An Exploration of Traditional Resources towards Locating People with Disabilities 1. Introduction 2. Salvaging of Traditional Resources for an Authentic Indigenous Christianity 3. The Ao Traditional Resources 4. Garnering Traditional Resources in Relation to Person with Disabilities 5. Conclusion Chapter 3: The Contextual Realities and the Voices of People with Disabilities: Field Study Analysis 1. Introduction 2. Methods Used in the Research 3. Measuring Disability in Nagaland: Some Detailed Tables 4. The Family and Disability 5. Experiences of the Disabled 6. Experiences in the Faith Community 7. Experiences in the Society 8. Disability and the Church 9. Disability and the Ao Naga Society 10. Findings and Analysis of the Field Research Chapter 4: Biblical Perspective toward People with Disabilities 1. Introduction 2. Disability and Christian Theology and Tradition 3. Selected Texts in Relation to Disability: Old Testament Perspective 4. New Testament Perspective 5. Disability as a Consequence of Sin and Disobedience 6. Disability and its Relation to Different Dominant Theological Terms 7. The Understanding of Health and Healing 8. Conclusion Chapter 5: Embodied Humanity: Integrating Traditional Resources with Biblical Truths for a Holistic Mission on Disability 1. Introduction 2. Christian Mission: A Methodological Concern 3. Integration of Traditional Resources with Biblical Truths 4. Embodied Humanity: Together Towards Life in Wholeness 5. Conclusion