Church, Disability, and Rurality
The Lived Experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23035271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Short (0000-0003-2764-8037, Charles Sturt University, corresponding author), Monica Short (Charles Sturt University), Murray Seiffert (Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia), Rob Haynes (Mission Australia), Leanna Haynes (The Bush Church Aid Society, Sydney, Australia) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-88 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Disability & Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2331-2521 • E-ISSN: 2331-253X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23312521.2018.1448177 |
| OpenAlex | W2802469559 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 25 |
The authors document a co-operative inquiry involving two social workers, a sociologist, and a theologian, each with personal and professional connections to disability and rurality. They consider the following research question: How do the inquirers perceive the Anglican Church of Australia located in rural, regional and remote communities engage with people living with disabilities? The authors present from a sociological viewpoint the rural Anglican Church of Australia's influence on personal constructs of disability and how these constructs can lead to either inclusion or rural isolation. It reflects through a social work lens on the church's actions in engaging with, advocating for, and ensuring access to services for people living with disabilities who are located in rural areas. Christian theology can critique and deconstruct discriminatory labels that exclude people living with disabilities within a non-urban community, reclaims the concept of weakness and strength from negative stereotypes, and points people living with disabilities toward the hope found in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The authors amplify the view that all people are to be included in all aspects of the rural Anglican Church of Australia and in general society.
Inclusion (mineral) · Isolation (microbiology) · Political science · Rural area · Rurality · Social isolation · Sociology · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Studies · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice
Disability Rights and Wrongs
Understanding Disability
Views from inside and outside
The social construction of reality
Spirituality and social work
Quality of Life and the Statistical Outlier
Dispatches from the Front
Max Weber
Christian Social Constructions of Disability
Church as Sign and Alternative
Defining disability
Connecting to belonging
Social work in rural areas
Case Management in Rural Australia
Self-help without the self
Main Currents in Sociological Thought
The Communion of Saints
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |