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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... society, Ruwan Palapathwala presents a Buddhist perspective on pastoral care for people with disabilities. This perspective of focus on the people with disabilities is further illuminated by Dagmar Ceramidas as she examines the ...
... society and community; on the other hand, interdependence is highlighted as a way of living that affirms the vulnerable as well as the strong. Relationship,. connectedness. and. disability. Nearly all of the issues discussed in this book ...
... society is whether the symptoms of dementia depersonalize the sufferer, that is, make them into non-persons'. Swinton chooses to take an alternative view of dementia and the people who have this condition. This is the view that affirms ...
... society. It is a common human tendency to fear things that are outside our experience; but there is something more required of us, and that is to move beyond our personal fear, the fear that binds us and prevents us being able to reach ...
... society which is deeply liberal in its political and philosophical assumptions means that dementia is necessarily perceived in deeply negative terms. The liberal worldview venerates a specific set of capacities, values, assumptions and ...
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 |