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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... Religious life. 2. Church work with older people. 3. People with disabilities--Religious life. 4. Church work with people with disabilities. I. MacKinlay, Elizabeth, 1940-II. Title: Aging, disability, and spirituality. BL625.4.A33 2008 ...
... Religion, Disability and Health, 11, 1, pp.37–63 (2007). It is published here with the permission of The Haworth Press: Copyright © 2006, The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, NY. 1 I am grateful to my friend and colleague Donald Meston ...
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... religious leaders to Jesus' cure of the man born blind in John 9. The healing narratives in the gospels have an important role for they show how the established boundaries were crossed. Jesus touched the flesh of the leper (Mark 1:41) ...
... religious programs I have no cause to complain. However others may not be as fortunate. Isolation and loneliness as you know is a major problem for the disabled aged and their carers and to be cut off from the local faith community can ...
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 |