Spirituality and intellectual disability : international perspectives on the effect of culture and religion on healing body, mind, and soul / / William C. Gaventa, Jr., MDiv, David L. Coulter, MD, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011; ©2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 201
• Soggetto topico: People with mental disabilities - Religious life; Intellectual disability - Religious aspects
• Altri autori: GaventaWilliam C CoulterDavid L
• Note generali: "... has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of religion, disability & health, Volume 5, Numbers 2/3 2001."; First published by the Haworth Pastoral Press.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Spirituality and Intellectual Disability: International Perspectives on the Effect of Culture and Religion on Healing Body, Mind, and Soul; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; I. Healing Mind, Body, and Soul: Theoretical Foundations for Understandings of Spiritual Health for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; Recognition of Spirituality in Health Care: Personal and Universal Implications; Authenticity in Community: Theory and Practice of an Inclusive Anthropology in Care for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities ; Defining and Assessing Spirituality and Spiritual Supports: A Rationale for Inclusion in Theory and PracticeII. Spirituality and Intellectual Disability Around the World: Cultural and Religious Perspectives on Healing Mind, Body, and Soul; Judaism and the Person with Intellectual Disability; Islam and the Person with Intellectual Disability; Disabled Women in Islam: Middle Eastern Perspective ; Cultural/Spiritual Attributions as Independent Variables in the Development of Identity and Potential for Persons of Exceptionality: A Case Study of North American Christianity and Native American Religious InfluenceOpen Wide the Doors to Christ: Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and the Roman Catholic Church; III. Bringing Science Into Spirituality: Research and Practice; Spiritual Health and Persons with Intellectual Disability: A Review; Teaching Jewish Mentally-Retarded Youngsters Holiday Awareness Through Symbols ; IV. From Theory and Theology to Practice: Creative Ways of Facilitating Spiritual HealthLiturgical Celebration With People with a Severe Mental Disability: Giving the Gospel Hands and Feet; The Benefits of Jewish Mourning Rituals for the Grieving Individual with Intellectual Disabilities; Bridge Ministries for Disability Concerns: A Community Ministry Model; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Learn about inclusive religious practices from around the world!With a multidisciplinary and anthropological perspective, Spirituality and Intellectual Disability: International Perspectives on the Effect of Culture and Religion on Healing Body, Mind, and Soul takes a fresh, innovative look into the world of religious and spiritual practices for the intellectually disabled. Containing vital insights from the first strand on spiritualit and disability at the quadrennial conference of the International Association for Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability (Seattle, 2000), this bo
• Titolo autorizzato: Spirituality and intellectual disability
• ISBN: 0-7890-1685-0; 1-317-78811-7; 1-315-80896-X; 1-317-78812-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820100903321
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