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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... an important chapter that offers a way of understanding the role of ritual in pastoral care. CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Ageing, Disability and Spirituality Elizabeth MacKinlay It 10 / AGEING, DISABILITY AND SPIRITUALITY.
... role , or whether people with disabilities should be seen only in the role of disability that defines them . People with severe disabilities challenge those of us with the types of disabilities that we can hide from others . To take an ...
... role as a hospital chaplain. Much had changed. The attitudes and routines were considerably less rigid, more compassionate and thoughtful. At one level the system appeared to be beginning to see people with dementia as significant ...
... role of reason in the human enterprise will progressively influence our thinking in the decades ahead . In this chapter I propose to develop three perspectives . In the first section I shall briefly explore the role that ageing persons ...
... role that friendship has in human living. The gift of self and the response of another in friendship far exceed the liberal focus on the autonomous individual. Friendship is possible no matter how able or disabled the participants are ...
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 |