Stories, Statistics, Solutions: Toward Understanding and Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities

ISBN 10: 1666734322 / ISBN 13: 9781666734324

Published by Resource Publications, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stories, Statistics, Solutions: Toward Understanding and Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities
• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1666734322
• ISBN 13: 9781666734324
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

America operates by ableist norms, which often silence or hide from view those with a disability. This book provides a platform or peek inside the lives of eight people with a disability, and it offers solutions for achieving access justice.

About the Author

Luke Bobo serves as the Director of Resource and Curriculum Development for Made to Flourish (see madetoflourish.org). He formerly worked as the Curriculum Director and Resident Theologian for Biblical Business Training (Chesterfield, MO) and as an Associate Professor and Department Chair for Lindenwood University (St. Charles, MO) in the school's Christian Ministry Studies Program. Prior to Lindenwood, Luke served as Assistant Dean for both the Francis A. Schaeffer Institute and Youth In Ministry Institute at Covenant Theological Seminary. During June 2007, he traveled to Goiania, Goias in Brazil to preach and to speak on the importance of contextualizing the gospel. Dr. Bobo holds a PhD in Judaic Studies/Rabbinic Andragogy from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He holds a Master of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary (St. Louis, MO); a MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia; and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Dr. Bobo worked as an Electrical Engineer for fifteen years prior to his work with the Institutes at Covenant. He is the author of Living Salty and Light-filled Lives in the Workplace