1st Edition

Neurodiversity, Faith Formation, and Theological Education

Edited By Michael Paul Cartledge, Erin Raffety Copyright 2025
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

This book demonstrates the constructive insights the neurodiversity paradigm presents for a more thorough understanding of creation, human flourishing, Christian virtues, ecclesiology, belonging, youth ministry, prayer, worship, and justice. The neurodiversity movement is a social justice movement that celebrates the unique insights and strengths of Autistic people, people with ADHD, learning... Read more

Introduction: Centering Neurodiversity in Theological Education

Michael Paul Cartledge and Erin Raffety

 

1. Theological Education with Neurodiversity in Mind: Research Insights and Future Possibilities

Michael Paul Cartledge and Erin Raffety

 

 

2. Speaking with Us, Not for Us: Neurodiversity, Theology and Justice

Naomi Lawson Jacobs

 

3. The Impossible Subject: Belonging as a Neurodivergent in Congregations

Krysia Emily Waldock

 

4. Peculiar Theological Education

Claire Williams

 

5. United by Neurodiversity: Postgraduate Research in a Neurodiverse Context

Armand Léon van Ommen, Henna J. Cundill, Krysia Emily Waldock, Catherine Tryfona, Grant Macaskill, Christopher Barber, Sarah Douglas, Bryan W. Fowler, Harry Gibbins, Ian Lasch and Brian Brock

 

6. “Misfitting” and Friendship in the Virtuous Life: Neurodiversity and Moral Formation

Elizabeth Agnew Cochran

 

7. Dismantling the Supercrip Prof: Theological Education and Faculty Accessibility

Natalie Wigg-Stevenson

 

8. Disability and Youth Ministry: The Book I’m Not Going to Write

Benjamin T. Conner

 

Biography

Michael Paul Cartledge is a practical theologian at Princeton Theological Seminary and teaches courses on neurodiversity, mental health, youth ministry and Christian education.

Erin Raffety is a cultural anthropologist, a Presbyterian pastor, and an ethnographic researcher who has studied foster families in China, Christian congregations in the United States, and people with disabilities around the world. Raffety teaches and researches at Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University, USA.