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Autism Awareness and the Church 22 AdvocacyPodcast & Radio InterviewsTalks & Lectures

Autism Awareness and the Church

I was recently on the Faith Unaltered podcast to talk about autism. Tyler, the host, asked some really good questions and I was pleased with the discussion. There was worthwhile stuff we didn't get to, so at some point in the future there may be…
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Kevin TimpeSeptember 20, 2024
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Religious Freedom, Disability Discrimination, and Civic Virtue Papers & PresentationsTalks & Lectures

Religious Freedom, Disability Discrimination, and Civic Virtue

I was a visiting scholar at the Civil Rights and Civic Virtues Society at Auburn University at Montgomery this past summer. My presentation was “Religious Freedom, Disability Discrimination, and Civic Virtue.” A recording of that presentation can be watched on YouTube here.
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Kevin TimpeJuly 23, 2024
Can We Flourish Together When Some are Left Out? Papers & PresentationsTalks & Lectures

Can We Flourish Together When Some are Left Out?

I was asked to give a public talk for the 2024 CICW Disability and Ministry Workshop. The title of that talk is "Can We Flourish Together When Some are Let Out? Intellectual Disability and Care in Our Churches." A recording of that presentation can be…
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Kevin TimpeJune 30, 2024
NASSP Papers & PresentationsTalks & Lectures

NASSP

Conference handout here. Longer draft paper here (please do not cite or circulate without permission).
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Kevin TimpeJuly 12, 2022
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Anger and Moral Struggle in Light of Systemic Injustice Articles & EssaysEthicsPapers & PresentationsPhilosophyTalks & Lectures

Anger and Moral Struggle in Light of Systemic Injustice

The pandemic has forced another conference for me online. I'm supposed to be in Baltimore for the Eastern APA this week, given a paper as part of a session run by the Society for Philosophy of Emotion. But alas, I'll be giving my talk from…
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Kevin TimpeJanuary 6, 2022
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Disability in Heaven papers 22 AdvocacyPapers & PresentationsTalks & Lectures

Disability in Heaven papers

Last week, my good friend Barb Newman died. Barb was a fierce advocate for disabled students in schools and I was fortunate to get to know her the past few years as a board member for All Belong (formerly CLC Network) where Barb worked. Barb…
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Kevin TimpeSeptember 21, 2020
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Podcast on Free Will Talks & Lectures

Podcast on Free Will

Last summer, I was able to take an amazing trip to Bogota to be part of this fabulous project, teaching down there for two days. While there, I recorded a podcast about some of my work; you can listen to it here (and find the…
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Kevin TimpeAugust 21, 2020
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Know My Faith videos 22 AdvocacyPapers & PresentationsTalks & Lectures

Know My Faith videos

Last year, I travelled to Oklahoma to record a few short videos for Know My Faith. Each is only about 10 minutes. "Disability and Human Dependence" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfKkq3lpDSk#action=share "The Church, Belonging, and Shalom" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFaueEjqw14#action=share
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Kevin TimpeJanuary 7, 2020
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Disability Advocacy and the Demands of Justice 22 AdvocacyTalks & Lectures

Disability Advocacy and the Demands of Justice

A video of the talk I gave in September 2019 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville on "Disability Advocacy and the Demands of Justice" can be seen HERE.
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Kevin TimpeOctober 11, 2019
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God’s Kingdom without Autism 22 AdvocacyTalks & Lectures

God’s Kingdom without Autism

Today, I want to talk about how our culture and communities—and specifically the Christian community known as the Church—are problematic with respect to how we treat disabled people. Just as the Church is sometimes unwelcoming of people that are different than us in other ways,…
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Kevin TimpeOctober 3, 2019
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  • God’s Kingdom without Autism October 3, 2019
  • The Lost Sheep in Philosophy of Religion May 30, 2019
  • Disability representation in children’s books March 22, 2019

Recent Posts

  • For Those Who Care podcast July 28, 2025
  • Ableism in the Academy Resources September 22, 2024
  • Autism Awareness and the Church September 20, 2024
  • picture of Kevin speaking on a dark stage with a disability rights image on the screen behind himReligious Freedom, Disability Discrimination, and Civic Virtue July 23, 2024
  • Can We Flourish Together When Some are Left Out? June 30, 2024

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