Christianity and the Art of Wheelchair Maintenance

“This really interesting book lives up to its title, which is a reminiscence of Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It is an acutely observed, unsentimental account of life in a wheelchair, so engaging as to make an almost insider of the reader. It is also an account of the author’s spiritual and philosophical experiences. Although he is very well-read in both popular and weighty literature, his philosophizing is of the ‘do it yourself’ sort, which means it’s the real thing. So too is his wrestling with his Christian vocation. It’s an instructive as well as moving piece of literature.”


—Eva Brann, Dean Emerita and Senior Faculty, St. John’s College, Annapolis, and author of The Logos of Heraclitus





“Stephen Faller is a theologian of life. He is someone who understands that theology is deep, complex, and mysterious, but first and foremost it is something that is lived and that points towards that which we live for. In this wonderful book Stephen shares some deep insights into the nature of disability, the presence of God, and the nature of diversity and the good life. Beautifully winding together personal narrative and deep biblical and theological experience, he takes us on a wonderful and insightful journey into humanness. No one reading this book will emerge unchanged. This is an important contribution to disability theology.”


—John Swinton, University of Aberdeen