Ageing, Disability and Spirituality: Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later LifeElizabeth MacKinlay Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 15 févr. 2008 - 272 pages This collection examines theological and ethical issues of ageing, disability and spirituality, with an emphasis on how ageing affects people who have mental health and developmental disabilities. |
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... Hauerwas' Theology of Disability (Swinton 2004), notes that as a physician working with children having profound intellectual disabilities he came to realize that what he and they were sharing was their spirituality. That, he saw, 'did ...
... Hauerwas presents an ethical perspective to the topic . He sees the secular position on mental disability as only providing hope for disabled people to the extent that they may be enabled to become independent . Hauerwas sets out an ...
... (Hauerwas 2004a, p.16). McNamara (in Chapter 3) gives emphasis to human bodiliness and our responses to each other as wounded healers, drawing on Nouwan's concept of the wounded healer. McNamara sets out the importance of our ...
... Hauerwas (2004a, p.19) notes that the only benefits of the process of labelling may be to 'the agents of intervention'. Further, Hauerwas writes, the issue 'is not just the label, but who gets to use the label' (2004b, p.196). Issues ...
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Table des matières
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A Narrative of Ageing Loss and Exclusion | 72 |
Buddhist Perspectives for a Theology of Pastoral Care for the Ageing and Persons with Disabilities | 145 |
The Interplay of Faith and Depression in Later Life | 163 |
The Potential for Choir Work to Reduce Depression and Meet Spiritual Needs | 182 |
Chapter 15 Humour and Its Link to Meaning and Spirituality in War | 200 |
Chapter 16 Pastoral Rituals Ageing and New Paths into Meaning | 217 |
The Possibilities for Wellbeing and Care | 233 |
REFERENCES | 240 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 258 |
Ethical and Theological Issues for Dementia Care | 81 |
Exploring Disability and Spirituality | 94 |
Jacobs Wrestling with the Unknown Genesis 32 | 106 |
Addressing the Challenge of Dementia in Later Life | 118 |
A Journey Inwards to a Spiritual Self | 134 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 263 |
AUTHOR INDEX | 269 |
back cover | 273 |