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Offers an in-depth analysis of the absence and ignoring of, but also the presence of, autistic people in worship. Armand Leon Van Ommen recounts the experiences of autistic people and considers how those experiences might reframe liturgical theology and the worship practices of the church.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
    Starting the Conversation on Autism and Worship
  • 1. Setting the Scene: Language, Autism Theology, and Autistic Experiences of Worship
  • 2. How Autism Came to Be: The Problem of "Autism Is..."
  • 3. The Tyranny of the Normal: Exposing the Cause of Absence and Ignoring
  • 4. Presence and Participation: Toward a Theology of Availability
  • 5. A Temple Community: A Liturgical-Theological Redrawing of "Normal"
  • 6. Availability in Practice: Autistic Worship in Singapore
  • Conclusion: A Church That "Gets You"

Autism and Worship

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    Publisher: Baylor University Press
    Publication Date: 31/10/2023
    ISBN13: 9781481319898, 978-1481319898
    ISBN10: 1481319892
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    Disability: social aspects Theology

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Offers an in-depth analysis of the absence and ignoring of, but also the presence of, autistic people in worship. Armand Leon Van Ommen recounts the experiences of autistic people and considers how those experiences might reframe liturgical theology and the worship practices of the church.

    Table of Contents
    • Foreword
    • Acknowledgments
    • Introduction
      Starting the Conversation on Autism and Worship
    • 1. Setting the Scene: Language, Autism Theology, and Autistic Experiences of Worship
    • 2. How Autism Came to Be: The Problem of "Autism Is..."
    • 3. The Tyranny of the Normal: Exposing the Cause of Absence and Ignoring
    • 4. Presence and Participation: Toward a Theology of Availability
    • 5. A Temple Community: A Liturgical-Theological Redrawing of "Normal"
    • 6. Availability in Practice: Autistic Worship in Singapore
    • Conclusion: A Church That "Gets You"

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