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The 2011 Summer Institute on Theology and Disability

These mp3 audio files are from the 2nd Annual Summer Institute on Theology and Disability, in July 2011, coordinated by The Boggs Center in collaboration with the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg with major funding provided through the Faith Community Leadership Project of the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council. All files are available for free download.

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Introduction and Guideline Documents

• Introduction to the Resources from the 2011 Summer Institute on Theology and Disability (PDF)
• Listing of 2010 and 2011 Audio Files by Year and Discipline (PDF)
• Suggestions and Guidelines for a Seminary Independent Study (PDF)
• Suggestions and Guidelines for Continuing Education and CEUs (PDF)

Audio files

• Deborah Creamer, PhD 
  Encountering God in Disability (mp3)
• Thomas Graves, PhD
  The Advantage of Disadvantage (mp3)
• Sam Kabue MEd
  Implications of Blindness on Participation in Church Life from the Perspective of a Personal Experience  (mp3)
• Hans Reinders PhD 
  The Power of Inclusion and Friendship (mp3)
• Jeremy Schipper, PhD
  Healing in the Hebrew Bible (mp3)
• Candida Moss, PhD (read by Erik Carter)
  The Man with the Flow of Power: Sickly Bodies in Mark 5: 24-36 (mp3)

• Jeremy Schipper, PhD 
  From Disabled Servant to the Suffering Servant (mp3)
• Candida Moss, PhD (read by Bill Gaventa)
  The Righteous Amputees: Salvation and the Construction of the Sinful Body in Mark 9:43-48 (mp3)
• Deborah Creamer, PhD 
  Disability, Feminism, and Theologies of Difference (mp3)
• John Swinton, PhD 
  A Theology of Autism (mp3)
• Tom Graves, PhD 
  Disability and Theological Education (Reflections on the ATS Disability Policy and Its Implementation)  (mp3)
• Sam Kabue MEd 
  Introducing Disabilities Studies in Theological Seminaries: An EDAN (Ecumenical Disability Advocacy Network) Case Study (mp3)
• Bill Gaventa, MDiv
  Preaching Disability: Implications for Liturgy and Homiletics (mp3)
• Bill Gaventa, MDiv and Rabbi Judith Abramhamson   
  Closing Reflections and Meditation Service (mp3)

Project Director/Contact: William Gaventa