Pub Date : 2023-09-11DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2023.2255882
Claire Williams
Abstract Theological education has yet to grapple with the complexities of autistic lives and the wider neurodiversity movement. This article discusses the ways in which theological education is complicit in the epistemic oppression of autistic students and lecturers. It proposes that autistic theology can be called “peculiar” and that so also can theological education be made peculiar for autistic theology students. A pedagogy for autistic theological education is proposed via engagement with Paulo Freire, black and feminist theologies. Such a theology, in a confessional Christian context is described as post-Pentecostal conscientization and seeks a community of students and scholars that treat the classroom as holy ground for autistic lives.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-09DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2023.2255860
Arif Maftuhin
The awareness to fulfill the rights of people with disabilities (PWDs) in Indonesia has increased significantly recently. To address concerns regarding the rights of individuals with disabilities, Indonesia’s two most prominent Islamic organizations (Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah) have released fatwas on Islam and disabilities. NU published Fiqih Penguatan Penyandang Disabilitas, while Muhammadiyah prepared its Fikih Difabel. Previous studies have neglected a critical area of intersection between Islamic law, women, and disability issues. This article explores the contribution of women with disabilities in formulating these fatwas and how they tackle problems relevant to women with disabilities. Based on textual analysis of those fatwa and field research, the paper argues that although women with disabilities have been involved in the drafting, their participation has been limited. Only a few were engaged in making NU’s Fiqih Penguatan Penyandang Disabilitas; only limited types of disabilities were involved in Muhammadiyah’s Fikih Difabel. As a result, this study found that the fatwas on the issues related to women with disabilities are comparatively less extensive. They leave room for developing a more women-friendly Fikih Difabel in the future.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2023.2167148
Joan Ratcliff
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Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2022.2078759
Begashaw Disasa
Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the common challenges that families faced and the different coping strategies they employed in bringing up their children with disability in some selected towns of Arsi Zone. Arsi zone is found in central Ethiopia located in the Oromia region state about 175 kilometers from Addis Ababa. Researcher employed a qualitative research design. Ten interviews and three focus group discussions were conducted with parents of children with disabilities who send their children to Arsi zone government schools that have special classes for such children. A purposive sampling method was used to recruit the study participants. A digital recorder was used to record all the interviews and focus group discussions. The results indicate that parents of children with disabilities experience common challenges including objective challenges (problems associated with time constraint, financial burden, impact on day to day activities, lack of social support) and subjective challenges (Feeling of consistent chronic sorrow, less social interaction). They described experiences of their positive perceptions in raising their children and discuss coping strategies that have been most helpful to them such as beliefs in God, evaluating child’s progress, service provision and experience sharing. They also indicated their strong needs about vocational training for their children.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-20DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2023.2197443
Wen-Pin Leow
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Pub Date : 2023-04-11DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2023.2197428
Kwa Kiem-Kiok
{"title":"Jesus and Disability: A Guide to Creating an Inclusive Church. Chris H. Hulshof. (Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2022). 224 + xii. Paperback, 24.99USD, ISBN 978-153-59-9889-5 and Leow Wen Pin (ed.), Enabling Hearts: A Primer for Disability-Inclusive Churches . (Singapore: Graceworks, 2021). 201 + xiii. Paperback, 20.00SGD, ISBN 978-981-14-5365-6","authors":"Kwa Kiem-Kiok","doi":"10.1080/23312521.2023.2197428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2023.2197428","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38120,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Disability and Religion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135423252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-02DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2023.2174240
Hui Ru Tan
{"title":"Bryan Cones, This Assembly of Believers: The Gifts of Difference in the Church at Prayer (London: SCM Press, 2020). Vii +243 pp. Paperback, £30, ISBN 978-0-334-05971-4","authors":"Hui Ru Tan","doi":"10.1080/23312521.2023.2174240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2023.2174240","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38120,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Disability and Religion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81670938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-18DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2023.2167146
Topher Endress
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Pub Date : 2023-01-12DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2023.2167147
Wen-Pin Leow
with evil, sin, or punishment (p. 103). Rather, “we need communal practices that allow us to sustain our faith” (p. 120). Christians must view one another through the imago Dei, allowing the creative capacity of God to surpass our imaginations (p. 131). Chapter 5 continues to unlink the Christian call to service from the teleological claim of a world with normalized bodies, freeing us to work toward ending suffering without following the claims of scientific domination. This leads to a significant challenge to the Church. Namely, “by welcoming and including all persons into their communities, Christian churches have the opportunity to declare something vital about the worth of human life” (p. 151). Refusing to engage at the deepest levels of metaphysics with science, as those from the Catholic tradition have, prevents the Protestant church from making claims rooted in its own ontology, and thus prevents disabled persons from experiencing the benefits of a world which sees their lives as gifts. Chapter 6 turns more deeply into natural law theology, contrasting Aquinas and Tillich to produce a “genethic” for the Church rooted in mirroring the creative justice, joy, and love which is already written into God’s creation (p. 169). The nuances here ultimately provide a link between human’s essential nature with their moral obligations, while naming the shifts necessary to connect Protestants to an otherwise typically Catholic doctrine. Chapters 7 and 8 deal with the concept and implication of all people being fundamentally gifts rather than as things to be controlled or manipulated. This requires the Church to produce spaces in which all are truly welcomed, liturgies in which diversities are acknowledged and accepted, and conversations about genetics which intentionally privilege disabled voices. These actions are solely in the domain of the Church, as neoliberal modernity and the scientific gaze hold virtually no space for such endeavors. Stahl makes her case convincingly. This work is an excellent resource for bioethicists and denominational leaders alike. The calls to action are clear and built on a firm foundation of theology and history. Although this book is certainly of use to congregants and ministers, perhaps it would land best among medical providers and those charged with crafting denominational policies. As Stahl shows, much work must be done at every level to create the possibility of a Church which can speak faithfully on genetic issues.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-13DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2022.2156431
Matthew P. Schneider
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