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Record Nr.

UNINA9911046575003321

Autore

Dow Keith <1982->

Titolo

Formed Together : Mystery, Narrative, and Virtue in Christian Caregiving / / Keith Dow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco : , : Baylor University Press, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

9781481313230

1481313231

9781481313216

1481313215

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Collana

Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability

Disciplina

261.832

Soggetti

Church work with people with disabilities

Caring - Religious aspects - Christianity

Caregivers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title Page, Series Page, Title Page, Copyright, Series Introduction -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Giving a Careful Account -- I: The Call to Care -- 1. Vocation and Transcendence: Called to One Another -- 2. Vocation and Immanence: Called by Each Other -- 3. A Theological Story: The Limits of Professional Ethics -- II: Encountering My Neighbor -- 4. Traces of the Divine: The imago Dei and Human Ability -- 5. Seeing You through Me: The Myth of the Transparent Other -- 6. The Stories I Tell: The Myth of the Transparent Self -- 7. A Mysterious Revelation: The Myth of a Transparent God -- III: Responding to the Call -- 8. Formed Together in Love: Toward an Ethic of Christian Care -- 9. The Virtues of Care: Discovering Who We Are -- Epilogue: Responding to God's Call -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Also Available in the SRTD Series.

Sommario/riassunto

"Investigates the ethical motivation and formation of caregiving in Christian social service environments with people with intellectual disabilities"--