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Lambeth South Deanery Synod17th March 2015
Rev Tim GoodeDisability Advisor for the Southwark Diocese
www.southwark.anglican.org/dac/accessibility
Team Vicar of Whyteleafe and Chaldon
Three Diocesan Documents
www.southwark.anglican.org/dac/accessibility
DAC
Education
Ministry Matters
IME
The Kairos Forum for people with Intellectual or Cognitive Disabilities (KFICD) seeks to highlight and respond to the spiritual and religious needs of people with disabilities.
Spirituality & Disability Advisory PanelImproving Spiritual Care for People with Disabilities
Research on The Theology of Disability
Theologically rooting our understanding of
Disability
The Introduction to the Common Worship Baptism Service
As children of God, we have a new dignity and God calls us to fullness of life.
Definition of Disability
Disability Access and Adaptation
Selwyn Goldsmith 'architectural disability'
'I wish when I use buildings to do so in the same way as others, to be integrated rather than segregated, to be treated as a normal and not as a peculiar person.' Selwyn Goldsmith, 1997.
Total Access for all to our churches
The 4 models of disability
The Rights-based ModelThis model is closely related to the Social Model.
Application of Disability ModelsSituation Charity Model Medical Model Social Model Rights-based
ModelYoung woman using a wheelchair
"What a pity, this beautiful woman is bound to a wheelchair, she'll never be able to marry, have children and care for her family."
"Oh, this poor woman, she should go to a doctor and discuss with him if there is a therapy which could enable her to walk again, like everybody else."
"The community really should build ramps in front of public buildings, so that persons like her can participate in social life."
"When she gets a job, her employer will have to build accessible rooms. This is her right!"
Man with an intellectual disability
"Look at this poor confused man; he seems to be mentally retarded, it would be better for him to live in a fostered home, where somebody will take care of him."
"Perhaps there is some medicine or treatment which could improve his perception.
He should try a psychiatrist."
"It's a good solution that he lives with his brother, so he is surrounded by non-disabled people."
"Where does he want to live? Let's go and ask him!"
Parents with a hearing-impaired daughter
"It must be very sad having a child and knowing that she will never be able to live on her own."
"I'm sure in a few years there'll be a hearing aid available which will make this child able to hear better."
"We should all learn sign language, so that we can communicate with this child and all other hearing-impaired people."
"When this child grows up, she'll study at university, if she wants to."
Phenomenological Model•Phenomenology is the detailed examination and analysis of mental states.•Phenomenology is the detailed examination and analysis of mental states.
The Phenomenological Model analyses experiences of people with disabilities and seeks to reveal not the way society treats them, but attempts to discover the ‘inner life’ – what is the specific life experience of the person with the particular disability.
‘The broken body on the cross and the fracture of the sacramental bread, the broken church in a broken world are symbolised and overcome in the broken body of the disabled disciple.’
Professor John M Hull: Emeritus Professor of Religious Education at the University of Birmingham
The Theological Model
‘You are all the same in Christ Jesus.’
‘I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full’ (John 10:10)
‘I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full’ (John 10:10)
Biblical Quotes for…
‘In Christ, there is no difference between Jew and Greek. There is no difference between male and female. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.’ (Gal 3:28)
‘In Christ, there is no difference between Jew and Greek. There is no difference between male and female. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.’ (Gal 3:28)
There is one body and one Spirit — just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call — one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. (Eph. 4:4-7)
There is one body and one Spirit — just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call — one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. (Eph. 4:4-7)
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (Phil 2:8)
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (Phil 2:8)
…those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honourable we treat with special honour. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. (1 Cor 12: 22-24)
…those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honourable we treat with special honour. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. (1 Cor 12: 22-24)
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine” (Is. 43:1b).“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine” (Is. 43:1b).
…Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Cor. 12:9-10)
Biblical Quotes against…‘For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long.’ (Leviticus 21:18)
‘For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long.’ (Leviticus 21:18)
‘No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the offerings made to the LORD by fire. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.’ (Leviticus 21: 21)
‘No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the offerings made to the LORD by fire. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.’ (Leviticus 21: 21)
The Lord will inflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of the mind. At midday, you will grope about like a blind man in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything that you do, day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you (Deut. 28:28-29).
The Lord will inflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of the mind. At midday, you will grope about like a blind man in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything that you do, day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you (Deut. 28:28-29).
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying loudly, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” 28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” 29
Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you.” 30 And their eyes were opened. (Matthew 9: 27-31)
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying loudly, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” 28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” 29
Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you.” 30 And their eyes were opened. (Matthew 9: 27-31)
‘Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.’ (Is. 59:10)
‘Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.’ (Is. 59:10)
The ‘Theology of the Cross’ compared with the ‘Theology
of (Human)Glory.’
The ‘Theology of the Cross’ compared with the ‘Theology
of (Human)Glory.’
The resurrected body brings all ideas of human weakness, which all humanity experience at one stage or another, into itself.
Through transforming weakness into strength, the resurrected body liberates people with disabilities to celebrate and share in their abilities.
Ecclesiologically, people with disabilities become icons of Christ’s redemptive suffering, drawing all into acknowledging and sharing their own abilities and disabilities and being one within the diversity at the heart of God’s creation.
A Theology of Disability is rooted in our shared commonality as children made in the image of God.
A Theology of Disability is rooted in our shared commonality as children made in the image of God.
A Theology of Disability is rooted in our shared calling to enable the human flourishing of the other, mirroring God’s selfless, sacrificial love for each one of us, in order to build up God’s Kingdom here on earth.
A Theology of Disability is rooted in our shared calling to enable the human flourishing of the other, mirroring God’s selfless, sacrificial love for each one of us, in order to build up God’s Kingdom here on earth.
A Theology of Disability is rooted in the victory of the cross revealed through the resurrected body of Christ, a body not afraid to share the wounds of the crucifixion.
A Theology of Disability is rooted in the victory of the cross revealed through the resurrected body of Christ, a body not afraid to share the wounds of the crucifixion.
Where does the Theology of Disability lead us?
Where does the Theology of Disability lead us?
The Introduction to the Common Worship Baptism Service
As children of God, we have a new dignity and God calls us to fullness of life.
And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table; he was lame in both feet.always ate at the king’s table; he was lame in both feet.
Rev Tim GoodeDisability Advisor for the Southwark Diocese
www.southwark.anglican.org/dac/accessibility
