Challenges from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Access to Theology and Church Practice in the Church of Norway

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-42
Author(s):  
Inger Marie Lid
Keyword(s):  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Church

scholarly journals Making the Invisible Visible: Inviting Persons with Disabilities into the Life of the Church

Horizons ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-73
Author(s):  
Mary Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Communion Of Saints ◽  
Christian Anthropology ◽  
Psychological Disabilities ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Invisible

Christianity espouses the dignity of all humanity and professes welcome for all to the communion of saints. Yet people with disabilities, especially those with more severe or profound physical or psychological disabilities, are largely invisible inside our houses of worship. This article examines the meaning of dignity and inclusion through the lenses of Christian anthropology, disabilities liberation theology, and the lived experience of persons with disabilities. It concludes with some suggestions on how to begin inclusion.

scholarly journals Sårbarhet, mangfold og menneskerettigheter

2020 ◽  
pp. 129-151
Author(s):  
Hans Morten Haugen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Enabling Technology ◽  
World Council Of Churches ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
A Value ◽  
The World ◽  
World Council ◽  
The Church

The article examines recent understandings of vulnerability and exposedness, and studies proving that people with disabilities are more exposed to violence, discrimination, and various forms of exclusion. Diversity has been elevated as a value, both in societies and in churches. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the only human rights treaty that names specific human rights principles, and one of these principles is diversity. There are also opposing trends to the enhanced recognition of diversity, summarized in three points: preservation of status quo; highlighting majority normality; and budgetary efficiency are given priority over empowering solutions. The Church of Norway, inspired by the World Council of Churches, wants to promote inclusion and empowerment, but is itself lagging behind, for instance in providing access to enabling technology.

scholarly journals Keindahan dalam Disabilitas

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-60
Author(s):  
Isabella Novsima Sinulingga
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Theological Anthropology ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
The Other ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Constructive Theology ◽  
Inclusive Theology ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Trinity

This article challenges conceptions of intellectual disability that view such conditions from the perspective of normalcy. In Indonesia, conversations of theological anthropology still employ a medical model lens, which perceives disability merely as bodily and intellectual impairments, thus failing the standard of "normal." Normalcy unilaterally defines disability and dictates normative approaches toward persons with disabilities. Consequently, persons with disabilities are perceived in Indonesia as mere objects of charity to be pitied. On the other hand, they remain susceptible to suffering violence. These trends owing to the fact that Indonesian society does not adequately provide either tangible resource considerations or sufficient social support. Lacunae in the theological literature concerning disability in Indonesian contexts foment in the life of the church further challenges for persons with disabilities. For persons there with intellectual disabilities, in particular, the situation is even more severe, as their condition is regarded as a kind of punishment for sin and further stigmatized as abnormal. This article offers a constructive theology of disability to dismantle the myth of normalcy, which reduces persons with disabilities to being merely impaired organisms within society. Theological musings on the beauty of all creation, the perichoretic relationship within the Trinity, the doctrines of imago Dei and imago Christi are taken up in this essay, to offer an inclusive theology expressly for persons with intellectual disabilities.

scholarly journals Pastoral ministry and persons with disabilities: The case of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nomatter Sande
Keyword(s):  
Minority Group ◽  
Pastoral Ministry ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Critical Gap ◽  
Apostolic Faith Mission ◽  
Construction Of Disability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Church

Background: The Persons with Disability (PWD) are the minority group dehumanized in the church. The subject of disability is complicated because of the impact of the Judeo-Christian teachings. The Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) in Zimbabwe is a leading Pentecostal church with a pastoral ministry theology which emphasises divine healing, miracles, signs and wonders. Thus, the space of PWD and how the PWD either connects or benefits from this Pentecostal heritage is a critical gap in this study.Objectives: The objective of this study was to explore the construction of disability through the practices and processes of the pastoral ministry in the AFM.Method: This study followed qualitative research and used the social model of disability as theoretical framework. The data were collected from 26 participants who are PWD and pastors using in-depth interviews, focus groups and participant observations.Results: The results showed the AFM pastoral practices created invisible barriers that militate against PWD. Thus, the pastoral ‘divine solutions’ and ‘triumphalist messages and teachings’ are ‘prescriptive’ and ineffective in reducing ‘the plight of PWD in Zimbabwe’.Conclusion: The study concludes that the pastoral ministry should be ‘one efficient vehicle’ with which the church can care for and ‘transform persons with disabilities’. Pastors should break the glass ceiling by expecting pastors to minister better and more effectively creating a safe space for persons with disabilities. A caring community should be the nature of both the AFM and the pastoral ministry responsible for meeting the needs of the persons with disabilities.

scholarly journals Pemahaman dan Kontribusi Gereja Terhadap Hak Penyandang Disabilitas

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karnawati Karnawati
Keyword(s):  
Physical Disability ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
The Body ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Baptist Churches ◽  
Normal People ◽  
The Church ◽  
All Diseases ◽  
Physical Accessibility

Jesus taught and preached the gospel of the Kingdom of God and eliminated all diseases and weaknesses among the nations. Evidence of Jesus fulfilling spiritual and physical needs to those in need. The task of the church is not just teaching the word of God, but also giving attention to the church and people who have not believed. One concern that needs to be given is the fulfillment of accessible rights for persons with disabilities. The purpose of this study is to explore the understanding and contribution of Baptist Churches in the West Semarang region regarding the fulfillment of the rights of persons with disabilities. This type of research is qualitative using interview instruments, and observation. The results obtained by church leaders see people with disabilities as individuals who have deficiencies and incompleteness in the body, as people with permanent disabilities and have special needs and need attention compared to normal people in general. So that the involvement of persons with disabilities to serve God in the fellowship of believers is not obligatory. And the contribution given by the church is only up to the charity stage, which is to provide assistance in the form of basic food, visiting services, shuttle services, and death insurance programs. Physical accessibility in the form of a ramp with a slope that is too sharp, a staircase for stairs that are too high, and toilet seats that can help physical disability is more comfortable.

scholarly journals Inkludering og tilrettelegging i Den norske kirkes trosopplæring

2020 ◽  
pp. 49-68
Author(s):  
Inger Marie Lid
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Church

This article presents results from a project that studies inclusion and accommodation in Norwegian faith education as organized under the Plan for Faith Education by the Church of Norway. Norwegian faith education aims at educating children and young persons from 0 to 18 years. All children and young persons who wish to take part in this should be included and accommodated. However, there are barriers experienced by persons with disabilities hampering participation on an equal basis. Based on qualitative interviews in four congregations, the article discusses how inclusion and accommodation is practiced in the confirmation program, and what barriers hamper participation. The results indicate that the congregations wish to include all, but need more knowledge on how to reach the aim of inclusion and accommodation. The barriers are conceptual, attitudinal and material. The practice in faith education thus is to some extent segregational.

Spiritual Healing, Sick Kids and the Law: Inequities in the American Healthcare System

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 269-299
Author(s):  
Janna C. Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Medical Science ◽  
Spiritual Healing ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Divine Love ◽  
Religious Minority ◽  
Human Need ◽  
East End ◽  
The Church

Main Street in Sarasota, Florida. A high-tech medical arts building rises from the east end, the county's historic three-story courthouse is two blocks to the west and sandwiched in between is the First Church of Christ, Scientist. A verse inscribed on the wall behind the pulpit of the church reads: “Divine Love Always Has Met and Always Will Meet Every Human Need.” This is the church where William and Christine Hermanson worshipped. It is just a few steps away from the courthouse where they were convicted of child abuse and third-degree murder for failing to provide conventional medical care for their seven-year-old daughter.This Article is about the intersection of “divine love” and “the best interests of the child.” It is about a pluralistic society where the dominant culture reveres medical science, but where a religious minority shuns and perhaps fears that same medical science. It is also about the struggle among different religious interests to define the legal rights of the citizenry.

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