Luca Badetti, PhD
PUBLICATIONS and BLOG
Books
I BELIEVE IN YOU (New City Press, Nov. 2018)
This book I authored helps readers believe in themselves and in the other, through stories from community life alongside people with intellectual disabilities at L'Arche and holistic reflection. Foreword by Jean Vanier.
DISABILITY IN AMERICAN LIFE: An encyclopedia of concepts, policies, and controversies (ABC-CLIO, Dec. 2018)
For this encyclopedia on disability (Eds: Heller, Harris, Gill and Gould) I authored two entries: "Community" and "L'Arche."
Articles (Selection)
SELF AND COMMUNITY. THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERDEPENDENCE AND ITS SHADOW SIDE (Journal of Disability & Religion, 20(3), 2016)
In this journal article I examine the relationship between self and community in the context of interdependence, grounded in an ethnographic study done in a L'Arche community home in which persons with and without intellectual disabilities share life. I present ways, through theoretical and theological insights, on how interdependence can be lived in a freeing, non-oppressive way.You can read the article here.
PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: WHERE ARE THEY? (The Huffington Post UK, 8/24/17)
As contributor to The Huffington Post I have written various blog articles exploring our human journey holistically and inclusively. In this article I write about the presence (or lack thereof) of people with intellectual disabilities at the center of our socio-cultural milieus. You can read the article here. Other articles may be found here.