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This is Episode 2 of the Mad and Crip Theology Podcast! Miriam and Emma join Todd Dias and Carly Jazbec to talk about each of their creative works in the latest issue of The Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health, and Disability.

Todd's piece is titled "Being-With-Diversity: Tending the Garden Together" where he talks about his experience of schizoaffective disorder, diversity, and incarnational and covenant theology.

Find Todd's piece here: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/46688

Carly's piece is titled "Learning to Undo" where they talk about their experience of anorexia and psychiatric survival.

Find Carly's piece here: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/46681

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We're so excited to be back on the Mad and Crip Theology Podcast! Miriam sits down with Emma (new co-editor and co-host!), Greg, Michelle, and Cathy to talk about their publication in the latest issue of The Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health, and Disability: (Re)Defining Disability Theology: Returning to Its Liberatory Roots

Here's the abstract: Rather than being a liberation theology by and for disabled people, as put forth by Nancy Eiesland in The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability, disability theology has diverged from its roots as evidenced by a paucity of disabled representation and perspectives in scholarship. Without this representation, theological discussions on disability are not wholly empowering. The current work demonstrates our efforts to recenter disabled contributions to the field by outlining: 1) the history of disability theology situated in its roots of liberation theology and disability rights, 2) reasons for re-defining disability theology, 3) the outcomes of a recent conference workshop where disabled participants were asked to redefine disability theology, and 4) deeper considerations of themes from participant responses. In centering our own perspectives as disabled activists and academics, alongside the voices of our disabled community, we hope to assist disability theology in recapturing its liberative roots.

Find the article here: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/46676

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🎙️ Mad & Crip Theology Podcast – Micah Perez & iowyth ulthiin

In this episode, Amy Panton and Miriam Spies sit down with two remarkable contributors to the Fall 2024 issue of the Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health and Disability: Micah and io. Together, they explore the complexities of embodiment, spirituality, artistic expression, and the deep work of healing.

Io shares reflections on their piece, Before and After Gravity, a series of intimate drawings born out of a need for sacred focus. Yhese works explore the sublime as a site of queer spiritual connection. Through processing intimacy, desire, and the deep ache for alignment, io evokes the fragile power of touch and the repair of closeness as both vital and dangerous: “It is the spice… our vital interdependencies where our life resides.”

Micah offers a powerful narrative of identity and resistance, shaped by her experiences as a neurodivergent, Christian, Filipino-Australian woman living with multiple invisible chronic health conditions. In her work, she traces the long arc of coming into clarity and self-description despite persistent societal and institutional discrimination.

The conversation ranges from vulnerability in creative and scholarly spaces to the embodied politics of belonging. As always, listeners are invited to contribute to the journal—through poetry, essays, art, teaching reflections, and more.

Read Michah's piece here: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/44509

Read io's piece here: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/44515

Watch with captions on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/KH0Q2RlPxy4

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