Lamar Hardwick (d. 2026; DMin, Liberty University) is the author of Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion. He previously served as lead pastor of Tri-Cities Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and regularly wrote and spoke on disability inclusion in the church. He was a graduate of the Yale Divinity School Clergy Scholar Program and a 2017 graduate of Georgia Forward's Young Gamechangers program. Hardwick previously wrote for Huffington Post and BioLogos and was a frequent guest on radio shows and podcasts.

• ContentsA Note about Disability LanguageIntroduction: In Their Own Eyes1. Disability, Blackness, and Early American Christianity2. The Road to Racism: Ableism, Religion, and Racial Bias3. John Piper and the Politics of Desirability4. Do No Harm: Religious Rhetoric, Disability, and Healthcare5. Blackballed: Ableism and the Black Church6. The Disabled God and the Rise of American Jesus7. Bodies of Work: Exceptionalism, Ableism, and Our Theology of Work8. Disability, the Cross, and Unraveling Shame: Remembering Jesus and Reimagining DisabilityConclusion: Jesus, Joy, and Justice

Lamar Hardwick (d. 2026; DMin, Liberty University) is the author of Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion. He previously served as lead pastor of Tri-Cities Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and regularly wrote and spoke on disability inclusion in the church. He was a graduate of the Yale Divinity School Clergy Scholar Program and a 2017 graduate of Georgia Forward's Young Gamechangers program. Hardwick previously wrote for Huffington Post and BioLogos and was a frequent guest on radio shows and podcasts.

• ContentsA Note about Disability LanguageIntroduction: In Their Own Eyes1. Disability, Blackness, and Early American Christianity2. The Road to Racism: Ableism, Religion, and Racial Bias3. John Piper and the Politics of Desirability4. Do No Harm: Religious Rhetoric, Disability, and Healthcare5. Blackballed: Ableism and the Black Church6. The Disabled God and the Rise of American Jesus7. Bodies of Work: Exceptionalism, Ableism, and Our Theology of Work8. Disability, the Cross, and Unraveling Shame: Remembering Jesus and Reimagining DisabilityConclusion: Jesus, Joy, and Justice

Lamar Hardwick (d. 2026; DMin, Liberty University) is the author of Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion. He previously served as lead pastor of Tri-Cities Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and regularly wrote and spoke on disability inclusion in the church. He was a graduate of the Yale Divinity School Clergy Scholar Program and a 2017 graduate of Georgia Forward's Young Gamechangers program. Hardwick previously wrote for Huffington Post and BioLogos and was a frequent guest on radio shows and podcasts.

• ContentsA Note about Disability LanguageIntroduction: In Their Own Eyes1. Disability, Blackness, and Early American Christianity2. The Road to Racism: Ableism, Religion, and Racial Bias3. John Piper and the Politics of Desirability4. Do No Harm: Religious Rhetoric, Disability, and Healthcare5. Blackballed: Ableism and the Black Church6. The Disabled God and the Rise of American Jesus7. Bodies of Work: Exceptionalism, Ableism, and Our Theology of Work8. Disability, the Cross, and Unraveling Shame: Remembering Jesus and Reimagining DisabilityConclusion: Jesus, Joy, and Justice