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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 8h

In this month's CATChat episode, Ian and Krysia talk about autism, research, and public engagement. They discuss different ways that they share about their research publicly and in their communities.

Listen here: tr.ee/v1JmTAcjX6
Transcript: share.transistor.fm/s/7e8b9193/t...

Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 2d

Faith on the Margins Conference
5th-7th November 2025, 11am-5pm (GMT) 🌐

Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Day 1: Autism and spirituality
Day 2: Autism and communication
Day 3: Autism and ethnically minoritised communities

#autism #autismtheology #autismchurchity

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 5d

This week's quote is from an article by one of our researchers, Lizzy Peach.

"If non-autistic ways of showing love or welcome are valued more highly in our churches, this is a challenge to our understanding of what it means to be a follower of Christ."

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 12d

"being able to practice social interaction within a safe space, within a fictional universe where there are no real-world consequences, presents great value to the autistic person."

ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TIS/article/view/2576

Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 14d

In this month's episode Zoe speaks with Rachel Terlop about neurodiversity and creative practice 🎨

Listen here: tr.ee/v1JmTAcjX6
Transcript: share.transistor.fm/s/cf7d6555/t...

Find out more about Rachel: www.mrsterlop.com

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 New publication 🚨

One of our PhD researchers, Lizzy Peach, has recently published an article in the Journal of Practical Theology titled: Autistic Christians and their experiences of faith, worship, and community in Evangelical churches in the UK

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Autistic Christians and their experiences of faith, worship, and community in Evangelical churches in the UK

This study explores what autistic Christians who attend evangelical churches in the UK find both valuable and challenging about how they experience faith, worship, and community within these contex...

www.tandfonline.com

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Anna Bishop @revannabishop.bsky.social · 17d

Explore more about what celebrating the image of God in everybody means in worship with @autismtheology.bsky.social Director, Dr Leon Van Ommen at @sarumcollege.bsky.social online on 9th Oct: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 19d

"Empathy can be developed and discerned, even when there is a significant barrier in language and lifeworld. It can contribute to the kind of understanding needed for the task of practical theology."

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 23d

Faith on the Margins: Engaging with Nonspeaking and Black Autistic Christians
5th-7th November 2025, 11am-5pm (GMT) 🌐

Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=rRkrjJxf1EmQdz7Dz8UrPzNFa7ljapNItVtbi6_NWAZUNkw1Qko3OUVTRVZNOTJWVjlITDhSSFpCNy4u

Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 26d

This week's quote is from a chapter by Léon van Ommen and Krysia Waldock.

"...differences are not going away. But when non-autistic people get to know autistic people, they will also start to value autistic people and appreciate their gifts."

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 28d

Can you believe we have been running the Autism and Theology Podcast for 2 years?!

In this month's CATChat episode, we reflect on the last year and look ahead to what we have planned for this coming year.

Listen: tr.ee/v1JmTAcjX6
Transcript: share.transistor.fm/s/e2c18781/t...

Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · 29d

We had a fantastic time at the Ecclesiology and Ethnography conference in Durham last week!

It was a great opportunity to showcase some of the Centre’s work and hear from so many interesting scholars researching people and the church.

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Sep 12

This week's quote is from Henna Cundill.

God has always been attentive to those who feel divergent. While the media circus may be new, we can be sure that God has always been attentive to those with ADHD.

seenandunseen.com/paying-attention-adhd-it-really-just-fad

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks for sharing your thoughts ☺️

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Sep 10

Faith on the Margins: Engaging with Nonspeaking and Black Autistic Christians
5th-7th November 2025, 11am-5pm (GMT) 🌐

Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=rRkrjJxf1EmQdz7Dz8UrPzNFa7ljapNItVtbi6_NWAZUNkw1Qko3OUVTRVZNOTJWVjlITDhSSFpCNy4u

#autism #autismtheology #autismchurch

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Sep 5

This week's quote is from an article on dyslexia and reading the Bible by Zoe Strong and Léon van Ommen.

Read the article here: tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/23312521.2022.2041531?needAccess=true

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Sep 3

On this month's episode of the Autism and Theology podcast, Krysia speaks with Brian Irvine from the Centre for Research in Autism and Education. They discuss perceptual processing and faith.

Listen here: tr.ee/v1JmTAcjX6
Transcript here: share.transistor.fm/s/5e25cac1/t...

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Sep 1

What does autism contribute to your research? Hear from a few of our researchers at the Centre about their experiences.

Watch the full video and more here: youtu.be/QrYOzJoYD7M?...

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Aug 29

This quote is by Léon van Ommen and Krysia Waldock.

"Rather than focusing on inclusion checklists and goals, churches should learn to come alongside and deeply reflect on how we ‘do church’ and what we all bring to this thing we call ‘church’"

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Aug 27

A clip from our latest podcast episode with Luke Aylen 🎙️

Listen here: tr.ee/v1JmTAcjX6
Transcript here: share.transistor.fm/s/4c1d67cc/t...

Get the book here: spckpublishing.co.uk/the-forgotten-palace

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Centre for Autism and Theology has a number of researchers exploring topics ranging from worship and the senses, leadership, and other types of neurodiversity such as dyslexia and ADHD 📚

Interested in studying with us? Email [email protected]

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Aug 22

This week's quote is from an article by our co-director, Grant Macaskill.

"Where Christians undervalue others because they do not fit a certain expectation of how a believer will look and sound, something is functioning as an idol."

Read the article here: doi.org/10.1080/2331...

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Aug 20

In this month's CATChat episode, Ian, Krysia and Zoe reflect on autism and temperature sensitivity. They also discuss how churches can be aware of this and support congregation members.

Listen here: tr.ee/v1JmTAcjX6
Transcript: share.transistor.fm/s/dfe08f50/t...

Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Aug 18

Have you had a look at the Faith and Our Senses Bible Study yet? 📚

Find out more: www.autismchurch.com/resources

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Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social · Aug 15

This week's quote is from an article by Paula Duncan and Zoe Strong where they explore humour and the importance of challenging stereotypes and misconceptions in mental health and neurodivergence.

Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23312521.2024.2441436

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