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The 2010 Summer Institute on Theology and Disability

These mp3 audio files are from a first Summer Institute on Theology and Disability, in July 2010, 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.

The files below, plus several other resources on this web site, are also available on a CD to facilitate their use in a variety of settings. 
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Introduction and Guideline Documents

• Introduction to the Resources from the 2010 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

Bill Gaventa, MDiv (Recorded after the Summer Institute)
Introduction and Overview (mp3)

Hans Reinders, PhD
After Disability Theology: What’s Next? (mp3)

John Swinton, MDiv, PhD
Moving Through the Sadness: Theological Reflections on Depression, Suicide and the Dark Night of the Soul (mp3)

Peggy Johnson, MDiv, DMin
Strategies for Establishing a Ministry for People with Hearing Loss in a Hearing Church (mp3)

Erik Carter, PhD
After the Benediction: Journeying with People with Disabilities in Faith and Life (mp3)

Amos Yong, PhD
The Spirit Poured Out Upon All Flesh: Disability & the Renewal of the Church (mp3)

Peggy Johnson, DMin
The Bible and the Deaf (mp3)

Amos Yong, PhD
Re-Enabling the Hermeneutics of Suspicion & of Charity: Disability & the Renewal of Theological Education (mp3)

John Swinton, PhD
‘Whose Story am I?’ Spirituality, Personhood, and Dementia (mp3)

Hans Reinders, PhD
Two Kinds of Communities, Two Kinds of People (mp3)

Erik Carter, PhD
Better Together: Inclusive Christian Education for Children and Youth with Disabilities (mp3)

Thomas Reynolds, PhD (Read by a conference participant)
Educating Care: Transformation and Disability in Theological Education (mp3)
Beyond “Normalcy:" Reconsidering Disability and Theology (PDF)

Leonard Hummel, PhD
Theology and Disabilities: Signs of Hope amidst Struggle at Gettysburg (mp3)

Bill Gaventa, MDiv (Recorded after the Summer Institute)
Rediscovering the Old in the New: Biblical Themes Emerging in Inclusive Ministries (mp3)

Project Director/Contact: William Gaventa
Program Staff: Alice Walsh