Fall 2021 | Cover Photo and Introductory Note

In an age of reckonings, people with disabilities are endeavoring to ensure their presence is known and their spiritual insights are honored. Disability isn’t an issue on the margins: about 25 percent of Americans have a disability of some kind right now, and most people will eventually experience a disability or know someone who will.

This Reflections issue features an array of voices: ministers with disabilities, advocates, self-advocates, theologians, and poets, as well as Yale Divinity School scholars, alums, and a student representative.

People with disabilities and their allies are fighting for better laws, more accessible campuses, more welcoming congregations. They bring a deeper vision of belonging to the life of faith.

“We need disabled people to help us all learn how to adapt to the future, to move more intentionally,” says the Rev. Caroline Cupp ’08 M.Div., “and put to work the variety of gifts that make up the kingdom of Christ.”

Cover photo by nrd/Unsplash