Voices in Disability and Spirituality from the Land Down Under : Outback to Outfront

ISBN-13: 9780789026088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 192 str.

Christopher Newell; Andy Calder

Opis

Presents an unflinching look at the shortcomings of many established church ministries when it comes to serving people with disabilities. Authors are Australian, Christopher Newell is from the University of Tasmania.

Spis treści

• Foreword
  
• Introduction: An Antipodean Perspective on Disability and Spirituality (Christopher Newell and Andy Calder)
  
• “God Has Chosen This for You”—“Really?” A Pastoral and Theological Appraisal of This and Some Other Well-Known Clichés Used in Australia to Support People with Disabilities (Andy Calder)
  
• Disability, Ethics, and Biotechnology: Where Are We Now? (Jayne Clapton)
  
• “Believing That A Farther Shore Is Reachable From Here”: Mapping Community as Moral Loving Journeying (Lorna Hallahan)
  
• The Buddhist Insight of Emptiness as an Antidote for the Model of Deficient Humanness Contained Within the Label ’Intellectually Disabled’ (Peter W. Hawkins)
  
• Judaism, Spirituality, and Disability: An Australian Perspective (Melinda Jones)
  
• The Human Connection: A Case Study of Spirituality and Disability (Pam McGrath and Christopher Newell)
  
• Community Spirit: Making Space for the Spiritual (Lyn Dowling)
  
• Solitary Confinement in the Forgotten Ministry (Elizabeth Mosely)
  
• Giving and Receiving: We Enter a Faith Program Thinking We Are Giving of Ourselves … We Receive Much More (Leonie Reid)
  
• Let There Be Light: Religion, Philanthropy and the Origins in Australia of Educational Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Blind or Vision-Impaired (Michael Steer and Gillian M. Gale)
  
• Recognizing All Members: The Place of People with Disabilities in the Uniting Church in Australia (Ann Wansbrough and Nicola Cooper)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Christopher Newell