Crip Futurity and Disability Theology in the Age of AI: Care, Coloniality, and the Politics of Maiming

The field of disability theologies continues to grow, especially in the so-called “West/Global North.” More voices are appearing from the “Global South” with cautions about how we speak about bodies, disabilities, responsibilities, and opportunities especially within the contexts of settler-colonialism, apartheid/genocide, access to care, and so on (Meekosha). In the world today AI and other technological advancements are rapidly changing healthcare and specifically care of disabled and imperiledbodies. Meanwhile, increasing numbers of bodies are being killed and maimed and land destroyed through AI systems and military operations (Loewenstein). Crip theorists like Jasbir Puar, Mia Mingus, and Alison Kafer, sit uncomfortably within this reality and still dream about crip futures ... futures where crip bodies are desired and we can recognize each other as well as advocate for the end of colonialism, occupation, maiming and genocide. Where might disability theologians sit?