RT Article
T1 This is What Most People Do: Participation and Normalcy in the Church of Sweden
JF Journal of religion, disability & health
VO 16
IS 3
SP 248
OP 261
A1 Vikdahl, Linda
LA English
PB Routledge
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1762907356
AB The Christian Church, which—due to its message of God's grace towards all mankind—should be expected to lead the way in matters of humanity, seems to be stuck in a notion of normalcy; the kind of participation known by the church usually aims at a practice involving activities that require capacities not present among persons with severe disabilities. This study is about persons with intellectual disability and their experiences of participation in the Church of Sweden. The first section discusses the concept of participation. The second section is about participation and normalcy in the Church of Sweden and includes the stories of Eric, Unni, and David who all have an intellectual disability and want to belong to the People of the Faith.
K1 Church
K1 Intellectual disability
K1 normalcy
K1 Participation
K1 Symbolic interactionism
K1 Theology
DO 10.1080/15228967.2012.702412