Alt txt: Image of our guest, Dr. Shane Clifton, along with two of our co-hosts: Dr. John Anthony Dunne and Stephanie Kate Judd. In this episode in our Disability & Theology series, we are joined by Dr. Shane Clifton to talk about virtue ethics and what it means to live a good life with a disability. Dr. Clifton is a disability ethicist and theologian, Principal Policy Officer and Director of Respect & Inclusion at the […]
Alt txt: Image of our guest, Dr. Amy Kenny, next to an image of part of the cover of her book, My Body Is Not A Prayer Request, as well as images of the co-hosts on the episode from The Two Cities: Dr. John Anthony Dunne, Stephanie Kate Judd, Dr. Madison Pierce, Rev. Dr. Chris Porter, Dr. Kris Song. In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Amy Kenny, a disabled scholar and Shakespeare Lecturer, to […]
Alt txt: Image of our guests, Emma Brandel and Dr. Julye Bidmead, as well as three of our cohosts: Dr. John Anthony Dunne, Stanley Ng, and Rev. Dr. Chris Porter. Carrying on in our series on Disability & Theology, we turn to think critically about the representation of disabilities in popular culture. In particular, we’re focusing on the representation of Squibs in the Harry Potter series with Emma Brandel and Dr. Julye Bidmead. Emma Brandel […]
Alt txt: Image of our guest, Vinh Nguyen, and one of our hosts: Dr. John Anthony Dunne. In this episode we are joined by Vinh Nguyen to talk about parenting children with Down syndrome. Vinh is a PhD student at McMaster Divinity College, and has served as a pastor in different capacities for over ten years. He is married with three children, one of whom is his daughter, Alli, who has Down syndrome. At the […]
Alt txt: Image of our guests, Naomi and Mike Bird, with four of our cohosts: Dr. John Anthony Dunne, Dr. Sydney Tooth, Stephanie Kate Judd, and Rev. Dr. Chris Porter. In this episode we discuss parenting children on the spectrum with Naomi and Mike Bird. Naomi Bird is Assistant Children’s and Family minister at her local church and a connect leader with MOPS Australia, and Mike Bird is an academic dean and lecturer in theology […]
Alt txt: Image of our guest, Prof. Maryanne Wolf, with our cohosts: Dr. Amber Bowen, Dr. John Anthony Dunne, Stephanie Kate Judd, Rev. Daniel Parham, Dr. Madison Pierce. In this episode we’re joined by Professor Maryanne Wolf to discuss Dyslexia. Prof. Wolf is the Director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, and the author of a number of books, including Proust and […]
Alt txt: Image of our guest, Prof. John Swinton, and a few of our co-hosts, Dr. John Anthony Dunne, Stephanie Kate Judd, and Rev. Dr. Chris Porter. In this episode we’re talking about Dementia with Prof. John Swinton, who is Chair of Divinity and Religious Studies and Professor of Theology at the University of Aberdeen (in Scotland). Prof. Swinton is also a Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) and a Registered Nurse for People with Learning Disabilities […]
Alt txt: photo including the title of the episode next to images of our guest, Dr. Kylie Crabbe, a few of our co-hosts, Dr. John Anthony Dunne, Stephanie Kate Judd, and Rev. Dr. Chris Porter. Continuing our series on disability and theology, we conclude our look at textual matters within this series by looking at protagonists and their impairments in early Christian literature with Dr. Kylie Crabbe, who is Senior Research Fellow in Biblical and […]
ALT txt: photo of our guest Dr. Meghan Henning and two of our co-hosts: Dr. John Anthony Dunne and Stephanie Kate Judd with the title of the episode: “Hell & Disability in Early Christian Literature with Dr. Meghan Henning.” Continuing our series on Disability & Theology we are joined by Dr. Meghan Henning to talk about Hell & Disability in Early Christian Literature. Dr. Henning is Associate Professor of Christian Origins and the Director of […]
Alt txt: Image of our guest, Dr. Louise Gosbell with three of our co-hosts, Dr. Grace Emmett, Stephanie Kate Judd, and Rev. Dr. Chris Porter, with the title of the episode: “Disability in the Greco-Roman World and the New Testament with Dr. Louise Gosbell.” In this episode we discuss Disability in the Greco-Roman World and the New Testament with Dr. Louise Gosbell, who is Principal of Mary Andrews College in Sydney, Australia, and the author […]
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