Publications

Bill Gaventa, MDiv

Editorial Positions

• Exceptional Parent Magazine, Spiritual and Religious Supports Series (Advisor)
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Consulting Editor). American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
  
• Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health (Editor). Taylor and Francis.
• Religion and Spirituality Newsletter (Editor). American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Articles, Books, Chapters, and Resource Guides

• Gaventa, W. (2010). Aging and End of Life: Helping the Spiritual Tasks of People with Disabilities Come Alive. Impact: Feature Issue on Aging and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 23 (1), 6-7. University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration.

• Gaventa, W., Walsh, A. (2010). Clinical Pastoral Education [Brochure]. New Brunswick, NJ: The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

• Gaventa, W. (2009). Spiritual Journeys. [Column]. Hearing the Call: Discovering Vocation Through Inclusive Ministries. The Arc Insight. Silver Spring, MD: The Arc of the United States.

• Gaventa, W. (2009). Dimensions of Faith and Congregational Supports for Persons with Developmental Disabilities and their Families. A Resource Guide for Clergy, Laypersons, Families, and Providers. New Brunswick, NJ: The Boggs Center.

• Gaventa, W. (2009). Feed Me, I'm Yours. A Homily. Journal of Religion, Disability and Health. 13 (3-4), 293-296.

• Gaventa, W. (2009). How Do We Know Any of Us Understand? Journal of Religion, Disability and Health. 13 (3-4), 316-319.

• Gaventa, W. (2009). Jesus Loves Me, This I Know. Journal of Religion, Disability and Health. 13 (3-4), 188-191.

• Gaventa, W. (2009). Tell Me the Part about Us Doing it All Together. Journal of Religion, Disability and Health. 13 (3-4), 330.

• Gaventa, W. (2009). Spirituality and Spiritual Connections. Assess it, Train it, and Practice it. National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals, Frontline Initiative, 8-2.

• Gaventa, W. (2009). Spirituality, Honoring the Heard and the Call of Direct Support. National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals, Frontline Initiative, 8-2.

• Gaventa, W. (2009). Top Down and Grassroots Up: Two Initiatives in Cultural Competence. TASH Connections, Spring 2009, 19-21.

• Gaventa, W. (2009). When Spirituality Does Not Equal "Get me to the Church on Time." Spirit Brief, 4-5.
• Gaventa, W. (2008). Children with Disabilities and Poverty: Breaking Free of Limiting Conditions. The Christian Citizen, 2, 4-5.
• Gaventa, W. (2008). Spiritual Journeys. [Column]. Creative Ministries Before the Big Bang! The Arc Insight. Silver Spring, MD: The Arc of the United States.
• Gaventa, W. (2008). Families and Faith Communities: The Promise and Power of the Pastoral Role. Frontline [Ireland], 73, 20-22.

• Gaventa, W. (2008). Meeting the Spiritual Needs of Children with Special Needs.  The Children’s Corner, Fall/Winter 2008, 13.

• Gaventa, W. (2008). Rekindling Commitment: Reflections from a Pastoral Counselor Enmeshed in Direct Support Professional Workforce Development and Person Centered Supports.  Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 57 (7), 598-607.

• Gaventa, W. (2008). Transformers: The Lived Experience. Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health, 12 (1), 1-3. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

• Gaventa, W. (2008). The Unity in Diversity, Complexity and Disability. Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health, 12 (2), 101-104. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

• Gaventa, W. (2008). Spiritual Journeys. [Column]. Celebrating Habits of the Heart. The Arc Insight. Silver Spring, MD: The Arc of the United States.

• Gaventa, W. (2008). Spiritual Journeys. [Column]. Good Grief Does not Depend on IQ. The Arc Insight. Silver Spring, MD: The Arc of the United States.

• Gaventa, W. (2008). Including Religious Voices on Disability: Which Ones? Exceptional Parent Magazine. Johnstown, PA.

• Gaventa, W. (2008). Spiritual and Religious Supports: What Difference Do They Make? Exceptional Parent Magazine. Johnstown, PA.

• Gaventa, W. (2008). How Do We Know What We Know, Or Do We? In W.C. Gaventa (Ed.), Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health, XI, No 4. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

• Walsh, M.B., Walsh, A., & Gaventa, W. (2008). Autism and Faith: A Journey into Community. New Brunswick, NJ: The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities.
• Gaventa, W. (2007). End of Life, Religion, Disability, and Health: Hopeful Remembering. In W.C. Gaventa (Ed.), Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health, XI, No 1.
• Gaventa, W. (2007). Signs and Invitations (Forward). In Carter, E. Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities.  Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.
• Gaventa, W. (2006). Defining and Assessing Spirituality and Spiritual Supports: Moving from Benediction to Invocation. In Switzky, H. and Greenspan, S. What is Mental Retardation? Ideas for an Evolving Disability in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: AAIDD.

• Gaventa, W. (2006). Signs of the Times: Theological Themes in the Changing Forms of Ministries and Spiritual Supports with People with Disabilities.  Disability Studies Quarterly, Fall 2006, 26 (4).

• Gaventa, W. (2005). Response-Ability, Disability, and Interfaith Perspectives. In W.C. Gaventa & D.L. Coulter (Eds.), Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health, 9 (1) pp 1-3.

• Gaventa, W. (2005). End of Life, Religion, Disability, and Health: Where All the Paths Converge. In W.C. Gaventa & D.L. Coulter (Eds.), Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health, 9 (2), xix-xxiii.

• Gaventa, W., & Newell, C. (2005). Religion. In Albrecht, G. (Ed). Encyclopedia of Disability Vol. III. pp 1374-1381. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publishing.

• Gaventa, W. (2005). A Place for All of Me and All of Us: Rekindling the Spirit in Services and Supports. Mental Retardation, 43(1), 48-54.

• Gaventa, W. (2005). Celebrating the Sacred in Shared Meals. In Schweir and Stewart, Ed., (2005). Breaking Bread, Nourishing Connections. (pp 113-118). Baltimore: Brookes.

• Gaventa, W. & Coulter, D. (2005), for Swinton, J. (Ed.) Critical Reflections on Stanley Hauerwas Theology of Disability: Disabling Society, Enabling Theology. Binghamton: Haworth Press.

• Gaventa, W. & Coulter, D. (2004), for Newell, Christopher, and Calder, Andrew. Voices in Disability and Spirituality from the Land Down Under: Outback to Outfront.  Binghamton: Haworth Press.

• Anderson, R. (Guest Ed.), Gaventa, W., & Coulter, D. (Managing Eds.) (2003). Graduate theological education and the human experience of disability. Journal of Religion, Disability & Health, 7(3). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Pastoral Press.

• Gaventa, W. (2003). A call to courage – A response to Hans S. Reinders’ The future of disabled in liberal society: An ethical analysis. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 47(7), 565-567.

• Gaventa, W. (2003). Pastoral counseling with individuals with disabilities and their families. In Wicks, Parsons, Capps (Eds.). Clinical Handbook of Pastoral Counseling, 3, 120-145. New York: Paulist Press.

• Gaventa, W. & Coulter, D. (Eds). (2003). The pastoral voice of Robert Perske. Binghamton: Haworth Press.