Uncovering The Roof

Blog URL:http://naomijacobs.wordpress.com/
Blog Tags:religion, disability, Christianity, church, social research, exclusion, inclusion, social model, research
Country:United Kingdom
Location:London

Researching the intersections between religion, disability, society and culture.



Latest Blog Posts



Forgive me for being late to share this, but I had an article published recently in the Church Times, about the ministry of disabled Christians in lockdown. I talk in depth about my research, as I share stories from other disabled Christians about ho...

Today I am launching my research results, at the St Martin in the Fields/Inclusive Church disability conference. You can download the booklet from my website here. It’s written in non-academic language, and it can be requested in other formats...

Poem: My Disabled God

on Nov 3, 2017 in: poetry

Who is my disabled God? My god has no hands, so I must be hands for my God. I must paint pictures, and write stories, and build homes, and plant gardens, and feed many hungry children. My god has no feet, so I must be feet for my God. I must visit th...

I’ve been doing some work on my academia.edu profile this morning. There are now selections of work based on the research available for you to download. Perhaps most usefully, there is a poster aimed at general audiences, with an easy-read vers...

On twitter, the tag #fullaccesschurch is gaining support among disabled Christians calling for access to the churches. It was created by the user-led group Disability and Jesus, who have encouraged disabled people to use it when tweeting about acce...

Originally posted on Avon's Edge -- Stephen D'Evelyn's Blog: Recently, the Conservative government has decided to cut Employment and Support Allowance for new claimants. (See: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/mar/29/employment-...

The irony is not lost on me, that I could never have been at the AAR conference in person. Travelling to conferences as a disabled student is getting more and more difficult... I blog so that I can share my developing ideas in a forum that is actuall...