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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... L'Arche communities. Christopher Newell challenges conceptions of disability as he asks questions around 'Better dead than disabled?' thus moving further into the debate over ethics and disability. Rosalie Hudson explores issues around ...
... L'Arche communities and she demonstrates the central place of community and connectedness that make these communities so special. She writes: 'In many ways people with an intellectual disability represent the human heart unmasked and ...
Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life Elizabeth MacKinlay. Disabled persons challenge church communities today in two ways. Jean Vanier, when he speaks out of the rich experience of living in a L'Arche community ...
... communities in India, Japan, the Philippines and New Zealand. I begin with a brief introduction to L'Arche and to the reality of living with an intellectual disability. I then ... L'Arche The first community of L'Arche was founded in 57.
Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life Elizabeth MacKinlay. Introducing. L'Arche. The first community of L'Arche was founded in France in 1964. Our founder, Jean Vanier, had met people with intellectual disabilities in large ...
Table des matières
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36 | |
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57 | |
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 |