Body theology is a way of looking our experiences in the world, and our relationships and connections to ourselves, and to something larger than ourselves, such as the universe as a whole, from the perspective that we are embodied, whole, complete human beings with body schemas and lived experience. It’s not doctrine, nor is it dogma. It’s not tied to any religion, nor does it have to be.
Most neurodivergent people I know have spent most of their lives being told how and when to exist in their bodies. Our body schemas come from socio-political-cultural norms that overlay race, gender, sexual identity, disability and the expectations for all of that, on top of us and with the expectation that we conform to them. Unmasking is simply learning a new body schema, and it’s something neurodivergent people strive for every day.
This makes body theology something that we have a vested interest in and something which can help explain our embodied, lived experiences.
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