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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... symbols and ritual. Hope is made possible through finding one's true identity, being able to transcend seemingly insurmountable challenges, and rest in the strength that INTRODUCTION: AGEING, DISABILITY AND SPIRITUALITY / 17.
... ones face the outworking of this condition. While we may not want to argue that personhood is lost to the illness, there is no question that often the person-as-we-once-knew-them encounters radical changes. Iozzio, reflecting on her own ...
... one's life, develop one's potential and develop a purposeful life-course without reference to others. At centre stage in the liberal universe stands the independent, rational, autonomous individual (Swinton 2004). It has been well said ...
... one's death is near. Disabled. people,. wounds. and. healing. The Australian Disability Discrimination Act (1992), in line with similar legislation in other parts of the world, prohibits both direct and indirect discrimination against ...
... one's spiritual life. To provide a ministry to the disabled aged may be difficult when there appears to be little or no response. But because of something that happened in our situation I know that such ministry is well worth working ...
Table des matières
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A Narrative of Ageing
Loss and Exclusion | 72 |
Ethical
and Theological Issues for
Dementia Care | 81 |
Exploring Disability
and Spirituality | 94 |
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 |
SUBJECT INDEX
| 263 |
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 |
Buddhist Perspectives for a
Theology of Pastoral Care
for the Ageing and Persons
with Disabilities | 145 |
AUTHOR INDEX
| 269 |
back cover | 273 |