Disability Theologies from Interreligious Perspectives

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This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of disability theology from interreligious perspectives. Students will encounter Christian and Jewish disability theologies in conversation with Indigenous, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and secular traditions. They will become familiar with the field of critical disability studies and the practice of disability justice and understand how some models of disability, such as certain medical models and social models, are variously challenged or supported by disability theologies of liberation and disability justice. Course material will center the voices and experiences of disability self-advocates. Students will complete a final research project that gives them the option to apply course material to concrete scenarios related to their chosen career path.