Listening to the Soft-Spoken Amongst Us

Feb 10, 2018

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About Western Theological Seminary

Located in Holland, Michigan, WTS offers 16 graduate programs online, in residence, in English, and Spanish for women and men preparing for faithful Christian ministry. WTS was founded in 1866 when seven of the eight members of Hope College’s inaugural graduating class wished to become ministers and petitioned their denomination to allow them to complete their education in Holland. Since that time, WTS has been preparing women and men for a lifetime of ministry all around the world in many ministry and denominational contexts.

By Western Theological Seminary

“A Necessary Step Toward Reforming Disability Theology: Listening to the Soft-Spoken Amongst Us”

When: Wednesday, March 14, 2:00-3:00 pm

Where: Mulder Chapel at Western Theological Seminary

Join Western Theological Seminary as we continue the conversation about disability and ministry. In November, Lennard Davis helped us to think through how disability is an aspect of diversity while at the same time questioning the usefulness of the concept of diversity. This month, L.S. Carlos Thompson, Ph.D. candidate University of Aberdeen, King’s College and finalist for the Nouwen Fellow position at WTS, will be joining us to help us consider what is missing from our theology and praxis when we view physical impairment as primarily a social or civil rather than a theological concern. He asks; What is gained by allowing the lived experience of physical disability to be at home within theology.  ASL services and hearing loop technology will be available.

With the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, Western theological Seminary has established a Nouwen Fellow program that brings scholars whose research focuses on some aspect of disability studies to join our faculty for a one or two year appointment.

The Center for Disability and Ministry

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