How Ableism Fuels Racism

Dismantling the Hierarchy of Bodies in the Church

Lamar Hardwick

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Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group
16 April 2024

Christian life & practice; Christian social thought & activity; Disability: social aspects; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies

"★ Publishers Weekly starred review

""Marshaling fine-grained historical detail and scrupulous analysis, Hardwick persuades.""--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

As a Black autistic pastor and disability scholar, Lamar Hardwick lives at the intersection of disability, race, and religion. Tied to this reality, he heeded the call to write How Ableism Fuels Racism to help Christian communities engage in critical conversations about race by addressing issues of ableism.

Hardwick believes that ableism--the idea that certain bodies are better than others--and the disability discrimination fueled by this perspective are the root causes of racial bias and injustice in American culture and in the church. Here, he uses historical records, biblical interpretation, and disability studies to examine how ableism in America led to the creation of images, idols, and institutions that perpetuate both disability and racial discrimination.

He then goes a step further, calling the church into action to address the deep-seated issues of ableism that started it all and offering practical steps to help readers dismantle ableism and racism both in attitude and practice."

By: Lamar Hardwick
Imprint: Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 188g
ISBN: 9781587436123
ISBN 10: 1587436124
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 16 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents A Note about Disability Language Introduction: In Their Own Eyes 1. Disability, Blackness, and Early American Christianity 2. The Road to Racism: Ableism, Religion, and Racial Bias 3. John Piper and the Politics of Desirability 4. Do No Harm: Religious Rhetoric, Disability, and Healthcare 5. Blackballed: Ableism and the Black Church 6. The Disabled God and the Rise of American Jesus 7. Bodies of Work: Exceptionalism, Ableism, and Our Theology of Work 8. Disability, the Cross, and Unraveling Shame: Remembering Jesus and Reimagining Disability Conclusion: Jesus, Joy, and Justice

Lamar Hardwick (DMin, Liberty University) is the former lead pastor of Tri-Cities Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and the author of Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion. He is a graduate of the Yale Divinity School Clergy Scholar Program and a 2017 graduate of Georgia Forward's Young Gamechangers program. Hardwick regularly writes and speaks on disability inclusion in the church. He has written for Huffington Post and BioLogos and is a frequent guest on radio shows and podcasts.