About this journal

The Journal of Disability & Religion provides an interfaith, interdisciplinary forum for people interested in the intersections of religion, disability, human services, and academic research to come together, meet, and learn. The aim of this exchange is to support people with disabilities and their families as well as those who are working with them in the purview of their faith communities and traditions. It addresses religious and spiritual practices and beliefs from the perspective of inclusive communities for people with disabilities.

The Journal of Disability & Religion combines academic papers and reflective articles representing religious, spiritual, social, cultural, and scientific points of view. They include research, pastoral reflections, theology, religious studies as well as stories about personal journeys. It addresses the critical religious, moral, and spiritual issues raised by people working in the field.

The Journal of Disability & Religion supplies an equal place for the voices of people with disabilities and their families as they encounter and address services and supports in the world of faith and health. It explores such issues as: meeting the spiritual needs of people with learning disabilities; seminal religious attitudes toward people with disabilities; inclusive ministries, inclusive religious education; perspectives on disabilities from the world's religions; and much more!

The editors and writers for the Journal of Disability & Religion believe that disability and the good life are not opposite notions. Disabilities in one area may co-exist with substantial well-being in other areas of life. The Journal interprets disability to include a variety of physical and mental impairments. Most issues of the Journal include exemplary examples from research, theory, practice, and personal pilgrimage. Special thematic issues of the Journal have included collections of key writers and leaders in spirituality and disability (e.g. Robert Perske, Wolf Wolfensberger, and Stanley Hauerwas), interfaith perspectives on disability, the history of theological reflections on disability, disability & sports, and more. Proposals for thematic and guest edited volumes are welcome.

Peer Review Policy: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Other articles based on personal reflections, sermons, or stories are occasionally published in this Journal based on editorial review and decision.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Brian R. Brock, DPhil – School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, King's College, London, United Kingdom
Dr. Jana Marguerite Bennett, PhD, MDiv – University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA
Rev. Professor John Swinton, BD, PhD, RMN, RNMD – School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Founding Editors
William A. Blair, DMin (1940–2003)
Dana Y. Davidson Blair, RN, MA (1948–2002)

Book Review Editors
Talitha Cooreman-Guittin, PhD - prof, Université de Fribourg (Switzerland)
Wen Pin Leow, MSt, MTh, MDiv – Koinonia Inclusion Network (Singapore)

Submit reviews to [email protected] and [email protected]

Associate Editors
Erik Carter, PhD – Associate Editor for Special Education, Vanderbilt University, USA
Jaime Clark-Soles, MDiv, PhD – Associate Editor for New Testament Studies, Perkins School of Theology, USA
Deborah Creamer, PhD – Associate Editor for Higher Education in Theology, Association of Theological Schools, Iliff School of Theology, USA
Randall L. DePry, PhD – Portland State University, USA
William C. Gaventa, MDiv – Associate Editor for Disability Spirituality and Ministry, The Boggs Center, UMDNJ, Texas, USA
Jeremy Schipper – Associate Editor for Old Testament Studies, Temple University, USA
Nick J. Watson, PhD – Global Congress on Sports and Christianity, UK
Amos Yong, PhD – Associate Editor for Pentecostal and Systematic Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA

Editorial Advisory Board
Dilshad D. Ali, MA – Editor at Haute Hijab, Muhsen, Richmond, VA, USA
Sarah Jean Barton, PhD – Duke University, Durham NC, USA
Thomas L. Boehm, PhD – Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, USA
Jaime Clark-Soles, PhD – Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Dallas, TX, USA
Benjamin Conner, PhD – Western Theological Seminary, Holland, MI, USA
Randall L. De Pry, PhD – Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
Roger S. Gottlieb, PhD – WPI, Worcester MA, USA
Rev. Justin Hancock, MA – Founder of Julian Way, Dallas, TX, USA
Rosemarie Scotti Hughes, PhD – Regent University, Virginia Beach VA, USA
Mary Jo Iozzio, PhD – Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Melinda Jones, LLB – National Council of Jewish Women of Australia, Melbourne, Australia
DJ Konz, PhD – Alphacrucis College, Australia
Bill J. Leonard, PhD – Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
B. Diane Lipsett, PhD – Salem College, Winston-Salem NC, USA
Jeff McNair, PhD – California Baptist University, Riverside CA, USA
Priscilla Oh, PhD – Freelance Writer and Theologian, Aberdeen, UK
Heike Peckruhn, PhD – Daemen College, Amherst, NY, USA
Lisa Hancock, MA – Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
Hans Reinders, PhD – Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Darla Schumm, PhD – Hollins University, Roanoke, VA, USA
Richard B. Steele, PhD – Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, USA
Koop Sieger Tamminga, MA – Theological University Kampen, Kampen, The Netherlands
Lynn Underwood, PhD – Inamori International Center for Ethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
David K. Urion, MD – FAAN, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Medi Ann Volpe, PhD – Durham University, Durham, UK
Brett Webb-Mitchell, PhD – School of the Pilgrim, Portland, OR, USA

Consulting Editors
Helen Betenbaugh, DMin
Kathleen Bolduc, MDiv
Sally Colatarci, RN, MSN
William A. Crunk, PhD
Odessa Dent-Johnson, EdD
Christopher De Vinck, MA
George Ducharme, PhD
James Dudley, PhD
Shirley Ekvall, PhD
R. F. Gillum, PhD
Dennis Harkins, BA
David Hingsburger, MEd
Rosemarie Scotti Hughes, PhD
Mary Jo Iozzio, PhD
Nancy Lane, PhD
Jeff McNair, PhD
Mohammed Morad, MD
Maryann Mostoufi, DMin
John O’Brien
Thomas St. James O’Connor, ThD
Roger Peters, DMin
David Pruitt, MD
Julian Rappaport, PhD
Olivia Raynor, PhD
Denise Ryder, DMin
Dennis Schurter, DMin
Frank Seydel, PhD
Richard Steele, PhD
Kimberly A. Swedburg, MEd, PhD
Carolyn Thompson, MDiv
H. Rutherford Turnbull, JD
David K. Urion, MD
Bill Van Dyken, MDiv