Writing & Work
Scholarship, Essays & Public Engagement
Peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, podcast hosting, and public writing at the intersection of theology, disability, and the ethics of care.
27 items
- Book
Formed Together: Mystery, Narrative, and Virtue in Christian Caregiving
Baylor University Press · 2021
Explores how experiences of caregiving reveal the mystery of shared human limits and the divine image. An invitation to encounter caregiving as a formative practice of love, humility, and courageous belonging — not a set of skills to master.

- Book Chapter
"Against Living Saints" in The Betrayal of Witness
Wipf and Stock · Ed. Stanley Hauerwas & Hans Reinders · 2024
Takes an unflinching look at several factors that enabled Jean Vanier to perpetuate harm, and considers what steps must be taken to prevent similar religious abuses in communities serving people with disabilities.

- Journal Article
Thousands of Glittering Shards: Spirituality as Resonance in the Lives of People with Intellectual Disabilities
Religions · July 2023Open Access
Proposes "resonance" as a framework for recognizing diverse spiritual expressions — artistic, non-verbal, and embodied — often overlooked in traditional therapeutic and religious settings.
- Journal Article
"Marked" Bodies, Medical Intervention, and Courageous Humility
Journal on Medicine & Philosophy · November 2022Limited Access
Uses Hawthorne's The Birthmark to explore stigma, identity, and spirituality, arguing that healing practices must adopt courageous humility to promote the flourishing of all people.
- Journal Article
Toward Accessible Faith & Flourishing: Reconsidering Greek Intellectualism in Western Christian Theology
Journal of Disability and Religion · 2021Open Access
Examines how Greek philosophical traditions shape Western Christian theology's view of human flourishing, calling churches to resist forces that undermine the witness of people with disabilities.
- Journal Article
Simplicity, Purity of Heart, and the Gift of Limits
Conrad Grebel Review · 2020Open Access
Drawing on Anabaptist values and Kierkegaard's "Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing," highlights the unique virtue and contribution of people with intellectual disabilities in Christian community.
- Journal Article
Suspending the Ethical: Autonomy, Disability, and Shalom
Peace Studies Journal · Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 2013Open Access
Argues that modern Western culture's approach to persons with disabilities reflects death-making treatment, and asks what response peacemaking must offer.
- Book Review
Book Review: Disciples and Friends
Studies in Christian Ethics · August 2024Limited Access
Reviews how this festschrift honouring John Swinton advances critical conversations in disability theology through themes of friendship, vulnerability, and belonging.
- Hosted Podcast
Disability and the Canadian Church
Spring 2023
Weekly conversations on the intersections of disability and the Christian faith in Canada and beyond. Co-hosted with Jasmine Duckworth.

- Hosted Podcast
Renew Course: Caring for you as you care for others
Apple Podcasts · Spotify · SoundCloud
A three-hour course in nine podcast sessions exploring resilient care practices and combating compassion fatigue in caregiving.

- Podcast Appearance
Suffering, Identity & Hope: Christian Approaches to Caregiving
The Faith Today Podcast · Ep. 252 · December 2025
Discusses Formed Together and work with Karis Disability Services, covering disability theology, care ethics, and complex ethical questions including Medical Assistance in Dying from a Christian perspective.

- Podcast Appearance
Limits, Personhood, Formation & Ministry
The Personalist Manifesto Podcast · February 2025
A conversation on personhood, human limits, and pastoral formation.

- Podcast Appearance
Serving Alongside People With Disabilities
The Sowers Podcast · September 2024
On what it looks like for churches and communities to genuinely serve alongside people with disabilities.

- Podcast Appearance
Virtue, Agency, & Christian Caregiving
The Two Cities Podcast · April 2023
A theological conversation on virtue, moral agency, and the ethics of care.

- Podcast Appearance
Toward Accessible Faith and Flourishing
Faith Today Podcast with Karen Stiller · March 2022
On Greek intellectualism in Western theology and what it means for disability and the church.

- Podcast Appearance
Christian Wholeness
The Healthy Spirituality Podcast · 2020
A conversation on spirituality, health, and what it means to pursue Christian wholeness.
- Podcast Appearance
At the Intersection of Theology and Disability
A Podcast of Discipleship · 2018
An early conversation on Keith's research and the relationship between theology and disability.

- TV Appearance
Faith, Art, and Intellectual Disability — Karis on 100 Huntley Street
100 Huntley Street · March 26, 2026
Keith Dow and Karis Disability Services were featured on Canada's longest-running daily Christian television program, discussing the Images of God project and how adults with intellectual disabilities experience and express God through art.

- Video
Letting Go & Learning Anew
From Presence to Participation Webinar · March 2022
A presentation exploring what it means to move from presence to participation in disability ministry.

- Video
Mutual Book Interview with Brian Brock
Institute on Theology and Disability · September 2021
A conversation on Formed Together with theologian Brian Brock.

- Video
Overview of PhD Work
Institute on Theology and Disability · 2019
A TED-style overview of Keith's doctoral research on loving neighbours with intellectual disabilities.

- Video
Every Church Can be Incarnational
Inclusion Fusion Conference · 2018
On what it looks like for local congregations to embody incarnational ministry.

- Writing Platform
Disability and Faith Forum
Author page
Essays and reflections at the intersection of Christian faith and disability.

- Writing Platform
Convivium Magazine
Author page
Public essays on faith, culture, and common life in Canada.

- Writing Platform
Tamarack Institute
Author page
Writing on community, inclusion, and social change.

- PhD Dissertation
Call, Encounter, and Response: Loving my neighbour with intellectual disabilities
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · 2019Open Access
Doctoral dissertation completed at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- MA Thesis
Kierkegaard's Ethic: The Other by Faith
Dominican University College Ottawa · 2009
Thesis completed toward the MA in Philosophy at Dominican University College Ottawa.
Speaking & Collaboration
Keith is available for speaking engagements, podcasts, and other collaborative opportunities related to theology, disability, and Christian community.
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