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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... culture. Personhood is defined precisely by those aspects of experience that people with dementia lose as their condition progresses. From the outset then it is important to recognize that dementia is a cultural as well as a biomedical ...
... culture is liberal in its worldview, assumptions, and expectations. Liberalism emphasizes the importance of reason, rationality, independence and the capacity for self-advocacy. Authentic human living presupposes a level of thinking and ...
... culture; values of competence, efficiency, productivity, physical beauty; all that stems from the power of the intelligence and the myth of the perfect genetic makeup. People who do not function in terms of these values pose powerful ...
... culture. Choosing to be a friend with a person who has been rejected or marginalized offers both a challenge and a profound possibility for mutual healing and growth. Friendship implies presence one to the other, readiness to spend time ...
... culture devalues or seeks to deny. 'Blessed are the poor in spirit, ...the gentle, ...those who mourn, ...who are persecuted, ...who hunger and thirst for what is right' (Matthew 5:1–12). In valuing these dimensions of human experience ...
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 |