For Catholics, it can be easy to assume because of increased dialogue on LGBTQ+ identities in the 21st century that interactions between the Queer community and the Catholic Church are relatively new. In LGBTQ+ Catholic Ministry, Jason Steidl-Jack shows readers that this is not case: LGBTQ+ advocacy, theology, and ministry have existed for decades. LGBTQ+ […]
The Disabled God by Nancy Eiesland is the mother of all disability theology texts. The first of its kind, this book is required reading for anyone interested in God and bodies. Eiesland situates her revolutionary project within the history of liberation theology, which focuses on “oppressive structures and beliefs, an on fashioning new images and […]
Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer is one of my favorite not-explicitly-theological books to recommend serious scholars of disability theology, because of its handling of intersectionality and futurity. The Christian telos – or ultimate ends to which a thing is pointed – and how it informs eschatological thinking is often fundamentally different for disabled people […]
This book is an excellent starting place for people interested in the history of disability advocacy and its intersection with the Christian tradition. Written by a Catholic Dominican, Copious Hosting posits a “theology of access” rooted in the history of the disability rights movement and centered in liturgical participation. As with many books on disability, […]
For those academics and ministers who regularly engage with Christian scripture, The Bible and Disability: A Commentary is exactly what it sounds like: a biblical commentary focused on disability-specific readings of scripture. For those unfamiliar, a “commentary” is a book that breaks scripture down into small pieces, of verses and sections, and then provides informed […]