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DR Sian Hawthorne's Outputs (3)

The Upside-down Kingdom of God : A Disability Studies Perspective on Disabled People’s Experiences in Churches and Theologies of Disability (2019)
Thesis
Jacobs, N. L. The Upside-down Kingdom of God : A Disability Studies Perspective on Disabled People’s Experiences in Churches and Theologies of Disability. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis argues that, in many churches, disabled people are conceptualised as objects of care. However, disabled Christians are capable of being active agents in churches, with service, ministry and theologies of their own to offer. In Part A, I e... Read More about The Upside-down Kingdom of God : A Disability Studies Perspective on Disabled People’s Experiences in Churches and Theologies of Disability.

At the Edge of Time: Postcolonial Temporalities in An Intimate Rebuke (2019)
Journal Article
Hawthorne, S. (2019). At the Edge of Time: Postcolonial Temporalities in An Intimate Rebuke. Journal of Africana religions, 7(2), 291-299. https://doi.org/10.5325/jafrireli.7.2.2019.0291

In this response I challenge the neglect of postcolonial theory in Laura Grillo's An Intimate Rebuke: Female Genital Power in Ritual and Politics in Côte d'Ivoire and argue instead for its inclusion as a resource for immanent critique. I argue that G... Read More about At the Edge of Time: Postcolonial Temporalities in An Intimate Rebuke.