Political Theology and Disability Studies

For this symposium, we asked two thinkers to reflect on possible points of intersection between political theology and disability studies. Both thinkers approached this question, in part, by considering how critical disability studies might help inform our understanding of the ongoing crisis at the United States’ southern border. Mike Walker argues for the imperative to understand disability as a theological concern, as well as a political one, considering both the crisis at the southern border, and unfolding environmental catastrophe. Heike Peckruhn reflects on the critical analytical interventions disability studies might offer us in understanding the border crisis in terms of real and diverse embodied experiences