The Theological Voice of Wolf Wolfensberger

ISBN-13: 9780789013149 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 182 str.

Jr. William C. Gaventa

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Theologian Wolf Wolfensberger is best known as the author of Normalization, a book on developmental disabilities. This volume collects Wolfensberger's theological papers, critiques of his thought by several scholars and practitioners, and Wolfensberger's response to those critiques. Some of the iss

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Contents

• Preface
• A Note of Appreciation
• INTRODUCTION
• Wolf Wolfensberger: Scholar, Change Agent, and Iconoclast
• THE THEOLOGICAL PAPERS OF WOLF WOLFENSBERGER
• The Prophetic Voice and Presence of Mentally Retarded People in the World Today
• An Attempt Toward a Theology of Social Integration of Devalued/Handicapped People
• An Attempt to Gain a Better Understanding from a Christian Perspective of What “Mental Retardation” Is
• How We Carry the Ministry with Handicapped Persons to the Parish Level
• The Most Urgent Issues Facing Us as Christians Concerned with Handicapped Persons Today
• The Good Life for Mentally Retarded Persons
• The Normative Lack of Christian Communality in Local Congregations as the Central Obstacle to a Proper Relationship with Needy Members
• RESPONDERS
• A Chaplain's Response
• The Works of Wolf Wolfensberger
• A Perspective on the Work of Wolf Wolfensberger
• BOOK REVIEW
• WOLF WOLFENSBERGER RESPONDS
• Response to the Responders
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

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William C Gaventa, David Coulter