From Inclusion to Justice

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Disability, Ministry, and Congregational Leadership

Erin Raffety

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Baylor University Press
15 August 2022

Religion: general; Christianity; Disability: social aspects; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability

American Christianity tends to view disabled persons as

problems to be solved rather than

people with experiences and gifts that enrich the church. Churches have generated policies, programs, and curricula geared toward ""including"" disabled people while still maintaining ""able-bodied"" theologies, ministries, care, and leadership. Ableism—not lack of ramps, of finances, or of accessible worship—is the biggest obstacle for disabled ministry in America. In

From Inclusion to Justice, Erin Raffety argues that what our churches need is not more programs for disabled people but rather the pastoral tools to repent of able-bodied theologies and practices, listen to people with disabilities, lament ableism and injustice, and be transformed by God's ministry through disabled leadership. Without a paradigm shift from ministries of inclusion to ministries of justice, our practical theology falls short.

Drawing on ethnographic research with congregations and families, pastoral experience with disabled people, teaching in theological education, and parenting a disabled child, Raffety, an able-bodied Christian writing to able-bodied churches, confesses her struggle to repent from ableism in hopes of convincing others to do the same. At the same time, Raffety draws on her interactions with disabled Christian leaders to testify to what God is still doing in the pews and the pulpit, uplifting and amplifying the ministry and leadership of people with disabilities as a vision toward justice in the kingdom of God.

By: Erin Raffety
Imprint: Baylor University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 221mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9781481316941
ISBN 10: 148131694X
Series: Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 15 August 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Introduction 1 The Problem of Inclusion 2 The ""End"" of Inclusion 3 Listening beyond Inclusion 4 Listening beyond Rebuke 5 Following Jesus toward Justice 6 Ministers Each and Every One 7 A Disabled Critique of Christian Leadership 8 New Modes of Disabled Leadership 9 Mirrors and Accomplices in the Kingdom of God Conclusion"

Erin Raffety is a Research Fellow at the Center of Theological Inquiry, a cultural anthropologist, and an ordained PCUSA pastor.

Reviews for From Inclusion to Justice: Disability, Ministry, and Congregational Leadership

"With its staunch but very well-argued critique of the practice of inclusion, this book offers an important contribution to the field for experienced researchers at the intersection of religion and disability. --Talitha Cooreman-Guittin, University of Fribourg ""Studies in Christian Ethics"""