Shane Clifton
Biographic Data
| ID | 6000498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shane Clifton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shane |
| FAMILY NAME | Clifton |
| SIGNATURE | CLIFTON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3160-7131 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mapping the Impact of Religious Harm: Results from a Large-Scale Qualitative Study
Religious harm is a rapidly emerging area of inquiry that challenges the assumption that religious involvement is universally beneficial. This study presents findings from a large-scale qualitative analysis of 333 individuals who completed a survey asking about experiences of religious or spiritual harm. The research identified nine overarching themes: a profound sense of emotional distress; experiences of delayed development and destabilised sen…
‘From Superman to Barely Can: ’ The Experience of Ageing for Australians With Spinal Cord Injury Sustained Below the Age of 65—A Qualitative Study
Powering my wheelchair through academia: An autoethnography of disability inclusive pedagogy, lived experience and lived expert teaching in higher education
This article explores the contribution of disability lived experience teaching to student learning and the systems and culture of higher education. Using autoethnography, it narrates my personal story as an academic with quadriplegia, initially teaching in a theological college and later at the University of Sydney. It traces my journey from the raw experience of a newly acquired disability to developing expertise, cultivated through critical ref…
A framework for disability lived expertise
This article introduces a framework for disability lived expertise, aiming to address the undervaluing of contributions from people with disability in crucial sectors such as policy, services, rehabilitation, education and research. It distinguishes between disability lived experience, which is the personal and individual experience of disability, and 'lived expertise', which builds on personal experience through critical reflection and engagemen…
Disability lived experience and expertise: Recognising the expert contributions of people with disability
While the inclusion of 'disability lived experience' is increasingly advocated for in research, policy and practice, its conceptualisation and application present significant challenges. This article, a collaborative effort by 16 individuals with diverse disabilities and expertise, critically examines the limitations inherent in the current usage. We argue that prevailing interpretations of 'lived experience' presume subjectivity and over-emphasi…
Faith, spirituality, and living the good life with quadriplegia
This article explores the contribution of religion and spirituality to the happiness of people who have lived with quadriplegia over the medium to long term. It arises out of a qualitative study on living the good life with quadriplegia, which was grounded in the logic of the virtue tradition. This tradition holds that happiness is not principally about short-term pleasure but is concerned with the larger goal of living a meaningful and purposefu…
Crippling Christian Theology as I Power My Wheelchair Out the Door
This article draws on the author’s experience of spinal cord injury to reflect on theological method and central elements of Christian theology. It uses disability theory to unmask the ablest ideology that too often frames church hierarchies and that marginalizes and excludes people with disability and others who are different, notably LGBTQI people of faith. From this perspective, it provides a critical reading of the traditional threefold Chris…
The ableism elephant in the academy: A study examining academia as informed by Australian scholars with lived experience
The academy should be a welcoming environment for people with disability. Across Australia, however, there is a current shortage of programmes supporting people with disability to develop their careers as researchers. This article critically investigates current practice and experiences concerning universities and the employment and career development of people with disability as advised by the literature, and how this practice aligns with the li…
Quadriplegia, virtue theory, and flourishing: A qualitative study drawing on self-narratives
Grounded in the logic of the virtue tradition, the qualitative study “the good life and quadriplegia” collected the self-narratives of people that have lived with the impairment over the medium to long term. This article draws on those narratives to describe how people understood the good life in the context of the losses and hardship of their spinal-cord injury, and the virtues and attitudes that helped them to achieve it. While highlighting the…
Pentecostal Approaches to Economics
This chapter outlines a Pentecostal approach to engaging with economics. It is tentative not only because there has not been to date substantive Pentecostal thinking about economics but also because it is impossible to make categorical statements about a movement that is rapidly growing and transforming. There is, however, a prevailing spirituality, a set of values and attitudes that are common among Pentecostals, notwithstanding their diversity,…
The Dark Side of Prayer for Healing
This paper explores the relationship between disability and pentecostal theologies and practices of healing. First, it draws on the testimony of people with a disability, describing the challenge of being the “elephant in the room”: the obviously unhealed in a social space in which supernatural healing is understood to be connected to the gospel, a reward of faith, and a central part of a life and ministry of the church. Second, it deconstructs p…
Spinal cord injury and the joy of work
Work, which plays such a prominent part in the narrative of human life, is central to a person's happiness (or unhappiness). Because this is so, the fact that spinal cord injury (SCI) tends to take a person out of the workforce (sometimes permanently) is recognized as a central part of post-injury loss. This paper draws on the insights of the virtue tradition and the discipline of positive psychology, to explore the notion of happiness (well-bein…
Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity
Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity is an easy-to-read guide designed for those interested in learning about one of the fastest growing religious traditions in the world. Adam Stewart's unique collection presents concise, yet comprehensive explanations of some of the most important terms and concepts needed to understand the origins and development, as well as the beliefs and practices, of Pentecostalism worldwide. Twenty-four scholars from five…
Defining Issues in Pentecostalism: Classical and Emergent
The Spirit and Doctrinal Development: A Functional Analysis of the Traditional Pentecostal Doctrine of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
The traditional Pentecostal doctrine of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, especially understood as subsequent to conversion/initiation and evidenced by speaking in tongues, has been debated of recent times, largely on biblical and hermeneutical grounds. Shifting the debate to discussions concerning the development of doctrine might add some fresh insights into how the doctrine is to be debated and possibly reshaped. While not denying the need to se…
The ableism elephant in the academy: A study examining academia as informed by Australian scholars with lived experience
The academy should be a welcoming environment for people with disability. Across Australia, however, there is a current shortage of programmes supporting people with disability to develop their careers as researchers. This article critically investigates current practice and experiences concerning universities and the employment and career development of people with disability as advised by the literature, and how this practice aligns with the li…
Quadriplegia, virtue theory, and flourishing: A qualitative study drawing on self-narratives
Grounded in the logic of the virtue tradition, the qualitative study “the good life and quadriplegia” collected the self-narratives of people that have lived with the impairment over the medium to long term. This article draws on those narratives to describe how people understood the good life in the context of the losses and hardship of their spinal-cord injury, and the virtues and attitudes that helped them to achieve it. While highlighting the…
The Spirit and Doctrinal Development: A Functional Analysis of the Traditional Pentecostal Doctrine of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
The traditional Pentecostal doctrine of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, especially understood as subsequent to conversion/initiation and evidenced by speaking in tongues, has been debated of recent times, largely on biblical and hermeneutical grounds. Shifting the debate to discussions concerning the development of doctrine might add some fresh insights into how the doctrine is to be debated and possibly reshaped. While not denying the need to se…
Defining Issues in Pentecostalism: Classical and Emergent
Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity
Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity is an easy-to-read guide designed for those interested in learning about one of the fastest growing religious traditions in the world. Adam Stewart's unique collection presents concise, yet comprehensive explanations of some of the most important terms and concepts needed to understand the origins and development, as well as the beliefs and practices, of Pentecostalism worldwide. Twenty-four scholars from five…
Spinal cord injury and the joy of work
Work, which plays such a prominent part in the narrative of human life, is central to a person's happiness (or unhappiness). Because this is so, the fact that spinal cord injury (SCI) tends to take a person out of the workforce (sometimes permanently) is recognized as a central part of post-injury loss. This paper draws on the insights of the virtue tradition and the discipline of positive psychology, to explore the notion of happiness (well-bein…
Pentecostal Approaches to Economics
This chapter outlines a Pentecostal approach to engaging with economics. It is tentative not only because there has not been to date substantive Pentecostal thinking about economics but also because it is impossible to make categorical statements about a movement that is rapidly growing and transforming. There is, however, a prevailing spirituality, a set of values and attitudes that are common among Pentecostals, notwithstanding their diversity,…
The Dark Side of Prayer for Healing
This paper explores the relationship between disability and pentecostal theologies and practices of healing. First, it draws on the testimony of people with a disability, describing the challenge of being the “elephant in the room”: the obviously unhealed in a social space in which supernatural healing is understood to be connected to the gospel, a reward of faith, and a central part of a life and ministry of the church. Second, it deconstructs p…
Quadriplegia, virtue theory, and flourishing: A qualitative study drawing on self-narratives
Grounded in the logic of the virtue tradition, the qualitative study “the good life and quadriplegia” collected the self-narratives of people that have lived with the impairment over the medium to long term. This article draws on those narratives to describe how people understood the good life in the context of the losses and hardship of their spinal-cord injury, and the virtues and attitudes that helped them to achieve it. While highlighting the…
The ableism elephant in the academy: A study examining academia as informed by Australian scholars with lived experience
The academy should be a welcoming environment for people with disability. Across Australia, however, there is a current shortage of programmes supporting people with disability to develop their careers as researchers. This article critically investigates current practice and experiences concerning universities and the employment and career development of people with disability as advised by the literature, and how this practice aligns with the li…
Faith, spirituality, and living the good life with quadriplegia
This article explores the contribution of religion and spirituality to the happiness of people who have lived with quadriplegia over the medium to long term. It arises out of a qualitative study on living the good life with quadriplegia, which was grounded in the logic of the virtue tradition. This tradition holds that happiness is not principally about short-term pleasure but is concerned with the larger goal of living a meaningful and purposefu…
Crippling Christian Theology as I Power My Wheelchair Out the Door
This article draws on the author’s experience of spinal cord injury to reflect on theological method and central elements of Christian theology. It uses disability theory to unmask the ablest ideology that too often frames church hierarchies and that marginalizes and excludes people with disability and others who are different, notably LGBTQI people of faith. From this perspective, it provides a critical reading of the traditional threefold Chris…
A framework for disability lived expertise
This article introduces a framework for disability lived expertise, aiming to address the undervaluing of contributions from people with disability in crucial sectors such as policy, services, rehabilitation, education and research. It distinguishes between disability lived experience, which is the personal and individual experience of disability, and 'lived expertise', which builds on personal experience through critical reflection and engagemen…
Disability lived experience and expertise: Recognising the expert contributions of people with disability
While the inclusion of 'disability lived experience' is increasingly advocated for in research, policy and practice, its conceptualisation and application present significant challenges. This article, a collaborative effort by 16 individuals with diverse disabilities and expertise, critically examines the limitations inherent in the current usage. We argue that prevailing interpretations of 'lived experience' presume subjectivity and over-emphasi…
Mapping the Impact of Religious Harm: Results from a Large-Scale Qualitative Study
Religious harm is a rapidly emerging area of inquiry that challenges the assumption that religious involvement is universally beneficial. This study presents findings from a large-scale qualitative analysis of 333 individuals who completed a survey asking about experiences of religious or spiritual harm. The research identified nine overarching themes: a profound sense of emotional distress; experiences of delayed development and destabilised sen…
‘From Superman to Barely Can: ’ The Experience of Ageing for Australians With Spinal Cord Injury Sustained Below the Age of 65—A Qualitative Study
Powering my wheelchair through academia: An autoethnography of disability inclusive pedagogy, lived experience and lived expert teaching in higher education
This article explores the contribution of disability lived experience teaching to student learning and the systems and culture of higher education. Using autoethnography, it narrates my personal story as an academic with quadriplegia, initially teaching in a theological college and later at the University of Sydney. It traces my journey from the raw experience of a newly acquired disability to developing expertise, cultivated through critical ref…
Philosophy (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Faith (4 works)