Blessed Are The Binary Breakers

How can we use this last week of Disability Pride Month to celebrate the unique insights into human and divine nature that disability can bring? For starters, we can learn from the wisdom of disabled activists and theologians, which is what you'll find in this episode. Click here for an episode transcript. Talking Points: (0:00) Intro + Eli Clare on intersectional pride (5:35) Pastor Lamar Hardwick: ableism = the fear of being human (9:10) Letiah Fraser: our fragile, mortal bodies are where we meet God (12:15) Rabbi Julia Watts Belser + Laura Sommer: disabled bodies' unique insights into the divine (22:00) John M. Hull: encountering God beyond light and dark (25:50) Bekah Anderson's meditation on the Body of God, "with every ability and every disability in the world"; wrapping up Other episodes that dig into disability: Our Pride Is Not a Sin: A disabled and Christian lens No End to Transphobia without Uprooting Ableism: Exploring embedded forms of oppression Goodness