Speaking with Us, Not for Us: Neurodiversity, Theology and Justice
To belong in the Christian tradition, we must be able to contribute to it. Yet neurodivergent Christians have rarely been enabled to tell our own stories about ourselves as a vital part of God’s (neuro)diverse creation. In common with other autism research, academic theology is framed by pathologizi...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Taylor & Francis
2023
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Journal of disability & religion
Année: 2023, Volume: 27, Numéro: 4, Pages: 584-605 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
critical autism studies
B neurodiversity B Epistemic injustice B autoethnography B Autism theology B disability theology |
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| Résumé: | To belong in the Christian tradition, we must be able to contribute to it. Yet neurodivergent Christians have rarely been enabled to tell our own stories about ourselves as a vital part of God’s (neuro)diverse creation. In common with other autism research, academic theology is framed by pathologizing clinical paradigms of autism; neurodivergent people’s situated knowledge about ourselves has not always been valued in the field. In this aut-ethnography, I use reflections from a decade of engaging with autism theology – often a painful experience of Othering – to frame a response informed by critical autism and neurodiversity studies. Drawing on lived theology from autistic research participants, I consider what our neurodiversity theologies have to offer to academic theology. Finally, I ask how theologians can do justly by speaking with, not for, neurodivergent people. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-253X |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2023.2249448 |