Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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The dark side of prayer for healing: Toward a theology of well-being
Published 2014This paper explores the relationship between disability and pentecostal theologies and practices of healing. First, it draws on the testimony of people with a disability, describing the challenge of being the “elephant in ...Open AccessArticle -
Crippled Grace: Disability, Virtue Ethics, and the Good Life
Published 2018Crippled Grace combines disability studies, Christian theology, philosophy, and psychology to explore what constitutes happiness and how it is achieved. The virtue tradition construes happiness as whole-of-life flourishing ...Book -
Happiness and Mental Illness: Virtue ethics in Dialogue with Psychology
Published 2018This interdisciplinary article explores the intersection between the virtue ethics tradition and psychological therapies exploring the meaning of happiness for people living with a disabling mental illness. The logic of ...Open AccessArticle -
Disability and the Complexity of Choice in the Ethics of Abortion and Voluntary Euthanasia
Published 2018In the polarized debates about abortion and voluntary euthanasia, disability advocates, who normally align with left-wing social forces, have tended to side with conservative and religious voices in expressing concerns ...Open AccessArticle -
Crippling Christian Theology as I Power My Wheelchair Out the Door
Published 2020This article draws on the author’s experience of spinal cord injury to reflect on theological method and central elements of Christian theology. It uses disability theory to unmask the ablest ideology that too often frames ...Open AccessArticle