The Work of Inclusion: An Ethnography of Grace, Sin, and Intellectual Disabilities

Using ethnographic research, The Work of Inclusion brings the standpoints of people with intellectual disabilities to the forefront of the theological conversation around disability, inclusion, grace, and sin. In a world shaped by interdependency, developing a theological attunement to intellectual disability helps us to understand that human agency is both enabled by and limited by dependency relationships. Only by recognizing the kinds of complex layers of agency seen in this ethnographic study can Christian ethics more broadly address the place of hope, grace, and resistance against structures of sin and injustice.

Lorraine V. Cuddeback-Gedeon is Assistant Professor of Theology at Mount St Mary's University, USA.

Todd D. Whitmore is Associate Professor of Theology and Concurrent Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

Aana Marie Vigen is Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Loyola University Chicago, USA. Her areas of expertise bring ethnographic methods into conversation with medical ethics, feminist ethics, Protestant ethics, and white-anti racism commitments. She is the author of Women, Ethics, and Inequality in U.S. Healthcare(2006) and co-editor of God, Science, Sex, Gender: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Christian Ethics (2010) along with several articles.

Traci C. West is James W. Pearsall Professor of Christian Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University Theological School, USA

Traci C. West is James W. Pearsall Professor of Christian Ethics and African American Studies at Drew University Theological School, USA.

AnneMarie Mingo is Associate Professor of Ethics, Culture, and Moral Leadership at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA.