The Mad and Crip Theology Podcast

This podcast is hosted by Emma CW Ceruti and Miriam Spies. We are disabled and crip theologians who want to contribute to change. Join us as we talk with theologians, artists, activists, writers and members of the disabled/crip and mad communities who are doing important work in Canada and around the world. This podcast is an opportunity to model how faith communities can engage in theological and spiritual conversations around madness and cripness. For accessibility, transcripts are included beside the podcast description. Watch the podcast with captions on our YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUW9z5hoqP_WK74hg3N8bQ

The Mad and Crip Theology Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Emma CW Ceruti and, with 51 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Emma CW Ceruti and hosts The Mad and Crip Theology Podcast, a education show with 51 episodes published.

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  Episode #3

  Season 5, Episode 3: Morpho Machines & Manifestos with Erik & Jayden

  Aug 13, 202657 minS5

  Send us Fan Mail This is Episode 3 of the Mad and Crip Theology Podcast! Miriam and Emma join Erik Freiburger and Jayden Jones to talk about each of their pieces in the latest issue of The Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health, and Disability. Erik's piece is titled "The Morpho Machine & The Magic Of Life's Potential: Disability, Imagination, and the Work of Becoming Through Exploring Our Defined, Defended, and Deeper Self Identities" where he talks about amidst the friction and the longing, a deeper magic pulses—the kind that makes new worlds possible. This is an invitation to listen, to linger, and perhaps, to participate in the unfolding of who we are. Find his piece here:https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/46679 Jayden's piece is titled Medical Misdiagnosis Manifesto for Disability Justice‬" where they talk about experiences within the medical industrial complex. Find their piece here: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/46693 For a video version of the podcast with closed captions click here: https://youtu.be/QBTmCHA54io Follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram Read the Journal

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  Episode #1

  Season 5 Episode 1: Crip Wisdom with Emma, Greg, Michelle, and Cathy

  May 8, 20261h 7mS5

  Send us Fan Mail We're so excited to be back on the Mad and Crip Theology Podcast! Miriam sits down with Emma (new co-editor and co-host!), Greg, Michelle, and Cathy to talk about their publication in the latest issue of The Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health, and Disability: (Re)Defining Disability Theology: Returning to Its Liberatory Roots Here's the abstract: Rather than being a liberation theology by and for disabled people, as put forth by Nancy Eiesland in The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability, disability theology has diverged from its roots as evidenced by a paucity of disabled representation and perspectives in scholarship. Without this representation, theological discussions on disability are not wholly empowering. The current work demonstrates our efforts to recenter disabled contributions to the field by outlining: 1) the history of disability theology situated in its roots of liberation theology and disability rights, 2) reasons for re-defining disability theology, 3) the outcomes of a recent conference workshop where disabled participants were asked to redefine disability theology, and 4) deeper considerations of themes from participant responses. In centering our own perspectives as disabled activists and academics, alongside the voices of our disabled community, we hope to assist disability theology in recapturing its liberative roots. Find the article here: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/46676 For an video version of the podcast click here: https://youtu.be/Q1Hc2snMX20 Follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram Read the Journal

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  Episode #11

  Season 4 Episode 11: Micah Perez and iowyth ulthiin on artistic expression & neurodiversity

  Jul 24, 20251h 2mS4

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Mad & Crip Theology Podcast – Micah Perez & iowyth ulthiin In this episode, Amy Panton and Miriam Spies sit down with two remarkable contributors to the Fall 2024 issue of the Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health and Disability: Micah and io. Together, they explore the complexities of embodiment, spirituality, artistic expression, and the deep work of healing. Io shares reflections on their piece, Before and After Gravity, a series of intimate drawings born out of a need for sacred focus. Yhese works explore the sublime as a site of queer spiritual connection. Through processing intimacy, desire, and the deep ache for alignment, io evokes the fragile power of touch and the repair of closeness as both vital and dangerous: “It is the spice… our vital interdependencies where our life resides.” Micah offers a powerful narrative of identity and resistance, shaped by her experiences as a neurodivergent, Christian, Filipino-Australian woman living with multiple invisible chronic health conditions. In her work, she traces the long arc of coming into clarity and self-description despite persistent societal and institutional discrimination. The conversation ranges from vulnerability in creative and scholarly spaces to the embodied politics of belonging. As always, listeners are invited to contribute to the journal—through poetry, essays, art, teaching reflections, and more. Read Michah's piece here: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/44509 Read io's piece here: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/44515 Watch with captions on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/KH0Q2RlPxy4 Follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram Read the Journal

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  Season 4 Episode 10: Laura C. Robb and Corey Parish on Holistic Theologies and Unexpected Homes

  Jun 26, 202547 min

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we sit down with Laura C. Robb and Corey Parish to explore the heart of their contributions to the Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health, and Disability. Laura shares her reflections on holistic care – what it means to treat health and theology as deeply interconnected – and invites us into the layered questions she holds when navigating systems of care as a disabled theologian. She also explores what it might mean to understand the Trinity through the lens of holistic theology. Corey offers a tender account of receiving an autism diagnosis later in life and how that journey shaped his sense of home and belonging. He speaks to the power of unexpected places, and how his doctoral work seeks to hold space for autistic theologies that emerge from lived experience. Together, their voices invite us into a theology that is grounded, embodied, and spacious. Read the full articles here: Laura’s article: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/44508 Corey’s article: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/44502 Watch on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/IpBYXApRSt0 Follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram Read the Journal

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  Episode #9

  Season 4 Episode 9: Kay Louise Aldred and Katherine Schneider

  May 29, 202548 minS4

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Mad and Crip Theology Podcast , we sit down with Kay Louise Aldred and Kathie Schneider to explore spiritual abuse, belonging, and faith through neurodivergent and disabled lenses. Kay talks about the urgent need for safeguarding in faith and wellness spaces, especially for neurodivergent women and girls, and shares red and green flags for healthy spiritual communities. Kathie reflects on her life as a blind theologian, her evolving relationship with faith, and how metaphors in scripture can either harm or heal. We ask honest, grounding questions about prayer, interdependence, abuse, and what it means to truly belong. Based on Kay's piece “ Safeguarding Neurodivergent Individuals from Spiritual Abuse ” and Kathie’s “ Blind Faith: Beyond ‘Amazing Grace’ ” from the Fall 2024 issue of The Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health and Disability . Watch on YT here: https://youtu.be/kFo3DLU8KLk Follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram Read the Journal

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