Spirituality and Intellectual Disability : International Perspectives on the Effect of Culture and Religion on Healing Body, Mind, and Soul.

Spirituality and Intellectual Disability : International Perspectives on the Effect of Culture and Religion on Healing Body, Mind, and Soul.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gaventa, William C.
Other Authors: Coulter, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Subjects:
Intellectual disability > Religious aspects > Congresses.
People with mental disabilities > Religious life > Congresses.
Intellectual disability > Religious aspects
People with mental disabilities > Religious life
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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