Browsing by Author "Barton, SJ"

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    A Critical Approach to Integrating Christian Disability Theology in Clinical Rehabilitation
    (Journal of Disability and Religion, 2017-01-02) Barton, SJ
    © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The integration of disability studies into clinical rehabilitation is a minimally explored area. Based on current literature, the field of disability studies alone provides insufficient resources for the formation of renewed clinical practices. The use of theological perspectives on disability facilitates creation of clinical practices within a disability studies framework. Theological voices enhance participation and flourishing for all persons involved in rehabilitation. Drawing primarily from Nancy Eiesland's The Disabled God, the author argues that seriously engaging theology creates space to counter medicalized and violent practices of rehabilitation and allows unity, embodied solidarity, and resymbolization to flourish within the clinic.
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    Access and Disability Justice in Theological Education
    (Journal of Disability & Religion) Barton, SJ
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    Re-Membering Methodology in Theologies of Disability
    (Journal of Disability and Religion, 2021-01-01) Barton, SJ
    Writing out of the togetherness of life with his son Adam Brock, Brian Brock’s Wondrously Wounded: Theology, Disability, and the Body of Christ offers a unique theological methodology that embodies both theoretical argument and Christian praxis. This article traces the methodological landscape of the field of disability theology, illustrating how Brock’s approach both embodies and promotes a praxis that re-members those with and without disabilities in the life of Christian discipleship. Comparing Brock’s method with other theologians who embrace inclusive research methods to investigate disability, as well as responding to critiques of Brock’s methodological approach in Wondrously Wounded, this article examines how Brock resists an “atrophied pneumatology” that creatively challenges the field of theological reflection on disability. Wondrously Wounded embraces a methodology that not only makes normative suggestions for Christian ethical praxis but enacts a praxis reflective of the disability rights maxim “nothing about us without us” throughout the research process itself.