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Former Christian/ex-Christian and disabled? I’d love to hear from you
In my interviews about disability and Christianity so far, one important group is very under-represented: people who used to be Christians, but aren’t anymore. When looking at the way churches treat...
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Including Everyone in my Research
Although I can’t include absolutely everyone in my research, I’m making an attempt to make the research accessible to as many people as possible. I’m now moving away from discussion groups. Instead,...
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Calling for a real #fullaccesschurch
Yesterday, the fantastic user-led organisation Disability and Jesus held a twitter action to encourage churches to think more about access for disabled people. The twitter tag was #fullaccesschurch –...
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The Missing People
There’s a missing group of people in my research into disability and churches, so far. It’s Christians with mental health problems. I know from both existing research and personal/second-hand...
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Neuroqueering Academia! Conference Accessibility – Pt 1: Neurodiversity
This is the beginning of a series of blog posts on disability and academia, partly based on recent experiences I’ve had as a disabled/neurodivergent attender of academic conferences. Part 2 will be...
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In memory of John Hull
Professor John Hull died last week. Anyone who’s read my writing will not need an introduction to John Hull. I reference and quote him constantly. He was an inspired, innovative, critical and very...
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Allowing It To Happen Pt 1: Disabled Students, All Students, and the PhD Process
Now that I’ve finished my fieldwork, the focus of this blog is going to change. I’m going to talk more about what it’s like to be doing a PhD with multiple impairments. I also want to ponder the...
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Allowing It To Happen, Pt 2: Academia, Accessibility and Elitism
“Under normalcy, no one is or can be normal, just as no one is or can be equal. All have to work hard to make it seem like they conform, and so the person with disabilities is singled out as … Continue...
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The Blogging Graduate Student
The irony is not lost on me, that I could never have been at the AAR conference in person. Travelling to conferences as a disabled student is getting more and more difficult... I blog so that I can...
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Stephen D’Evelyn on the Church of England and Human Realism
Originally posted on Avon's Edge -- Stephen D'Evelyn's Blog: Recently, the Conservative government has decided to cut Employment and Support Allowance for new claimants. (See:...
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A theology of access and equality?
On twitter, the tag #fullaccesschurch is gaining support among disabled Christians calling for access to the churches. It was created by the user-led group Disability and Jesus, who have encouraged...
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Selections of work based on the research project (and more) now up at...
I’ve been doing some work on my academia.edu profile this morning. There are now selections of work based on the research available for you to download. Perhaps most usefully, there is a poster aimed...
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Poem: My Disabled God
Who is my disabled God? My god has no hands, so I must be hands for my God. I must paint pictures, and write stories, and build homes, and plant gardens, and feed many hungry children. My god has no...
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Research Launch: booklet in accessible language now available for download
Today I am launching my research results, at the St Martin in the Fields/Inclusive Church disability conference. You can download the booklet from my website here. It’s written in non-academic...
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Church Times article on the research and disabled Christians’ ministry in...
Forgive me for being late to share this, but I had an article published recently in the Church Times, about the ministry of disabled Christians in lockdown. I talk in depth about my research, as I...
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