My Disability Is Divine: A Joyful Witness That Defies Ableist Nonsense - Paperback

by Amy Kenny (Author)

What if disability isn't a deficit to be prayed away? What if disability is divine?

In My Disability Is Divine, award-winning author and disabled scholar-practitioner Amy Kenny offers a dynamic spiritual meditation on the beauty and brilliance of disabled lives. Drawing from history, nature, and disability culture, she explores

● ways that disability reveals divine creativity and presence;
● how Scripture celebrates disabled bodyminds; and
● why access, interdependence, and joy are central to the community of creation.

Packed with forgotten histories, witty clapbacks, and shrewd observations, this book is a call to radically reexamine our assumptions about disability--and ourselves.

Both fierce and funny, My Disability Is Divine is a necessary guide for anyone ready to unlearn ableism, celebrate the sacredness of the disability community, and catch a clearer glimpse of how we can create communities of co-flourishing.

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"Anyone seeking to expand their understanding of what it means to be human in our fullest, most radiant capacity needs to read this book."

What if disability isn't a deficit to be prayed away? What if disability is divine?

In My Disability Is Divine, award-winning author and disabled scholar-practitioner Amy Kenny offers a dynamic spiritual meditation on the beauty and brilliance of disabled lives. Drawing from history, nature, and disability culture, she explores ways that disability reveals divine creativity and presence, how Scripture celebrates disabled bodyminds, and why access, interdependence, and joy are central to the community of creation.

Packed with forgotten histories, witty clapbacks, and shrewd observations, this book is a call to radically reexamine our assumptions about disability--and ourselves. It is a necessary guide for anyone ready to unlearn ableism, celebrate the sacredness of the disability community, and catch a clearer glimpse of what communities of co-flourishing can look like.

"With humor, wit, and a vibrant depth of disability wisdom, Kenny invites us to recognize all the ways the disability community enriches our collective flourishing. Anyone seeking to expand their understanding of what it means to be human in our fullest, most radiant capacity needs to read this book."
--Kat Armas, theologian and author of Abuelita Faith and Liturgies for Resisting Empire

"This book is a call, not just for the church but for all of us, to understand what got us here--the dehumanization and hatred contained in our explicit and implicit ableism--and to ask how we can move forward."
--Kaitlin B. Curtice, award-winning author of Native and Everything Is a Story

"A bold, visionary book that encourages readers to engage in a more profound and truthful discussion of disability and faith."
--Lamar Hardwick+, author, scholar, and disability advocate

Author Biography

Amy Kenny, PhD, is a disabled scholar-practitioner and the founding director of the Disability Cultural Center at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., one of only a handful of such centers in the country. She is the award-winning author of My Body Is Not a Prayer Request, and her work on disability has appeared in Teen Vogue, Sojourners, HuffPost, Reader's Digest, and Shondaland. She also cofounded Jubilee Homes, a housing initiative for people experiencing homelessness.