Ritual repetition : Creating safe havens for sufferers or boring experiences?

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JDR Special Issue Joy and Disability

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Life after Brokenness : A Liturgical Portrait of Suffering and Hope

I am most grateful to Nicholas Taylor and Philip Ziegler for their invaluable comments on an earlier draft of this article.Peer reviewedPostprin

Intercession and the Taboo and Stigma on Mental Health and Doctrinal Anomalies : Pastoral and Theological Implications of Public Prayer Practices

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Autistic and Non-Autistic Experience of the Sensory Aspects of the Church Service

Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge the autistic consultants who supported the development of SAW, and the participants who took part in the study.Peer reviewe

Dyslexia and Reading the Bible

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What does empathy and understanding look like across communication divides? : Nonspeaking autism as a challenge to practical theology.

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A Practical-Theological Phenomenology of Joy : Learning from L’Arche

This publication was made possible through the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation. I am grateful for the L’Arche communities in Inverness (now Highlands), Manchester, Trosly and Kenya for welcoming me in their communities and participating in this project. I have learned much more from them than any academic article can ever express.Peer reviewedPostprin

Reframing Liturgical Theology through the Lens of Autism : A Qualitative Study of Autistic Experiences of Worship

Open access via Sage R&P agreement Acknowledgments We express our deep gratitude to the research participants, who generously shared their views with us. The research for this article was funded by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. The views are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the funder.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

The sacramental nature of peacemaking rituals : a case for a sacramental spirituality of reconciliation

This article is an extended and reviewed version of a paper originally given at the Societas Liturgica conference, in Leuven, August, 2017.Peer reviewedPostprin