Religion and Disability Studies Unit
In alignment with the presidential theme of freedom, we welcome proposals that discuss and analyze the freedoms associated with virtual communities and their relationship to disabled communities, access, and religious participation. Topics addressing the intersections of religion and the virtual space as they support crip intimacy, crip ancestry, accessibility, worshipping communities, formation, and/or education are especially welcome.
The Religion and Disability Studies Unit is committed to maintaining the visibility, viability, and value of the experience and politics of disability as they relate to the study and practice of religion. We promote engagement between disability studies theory and the study of religion, examine the role of disability in lived religious experience and theology, and consider the historical and contemporary role of disability in diverse religious traditions, texts, and cultures. As intersectionality becomes an increasingly critical hermeneutic in the academy, we encourage robust dialogue and collaboration with other program units involved with disciplined reflection on religion.
| Chair | Dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| David Scott | dscott@iliff.edu | - | View |
| Sarah Jean Barton, Duke University | sarah.j.barton@duke.edu | - | View |