Living L'Arche : Stories of Compassion, Love, and Disability.

Living L'Arche explores the origins and characteristics of compassionate love in those who care for the disabled. It shows that authentic compassion is only distantly related to individual talent or will, and selfless care for others is not evoked on the basis of fair exchange or individual ben...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reimer, Kevin S.
Otros Autores: Vanier, Jean
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2009.
Temas:
Arche (Association)
Church work with the developmentally disabled > Catholic Church.
Pastorale des personnes atteintes de troubles du développement > Église catholique.
Church work with the developmentally disabled > Catholic Church
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Living L'Arche explores the origins and characteristics of compassionate love in those who care for the disabled. It shows that authentic compassion is only distantly related to individual talent or will, and selfless care for others is not evoked on the basis of fair exchange or individual benefit. Instead, the craft of compassionate love is slowly learned from disabled persons living at the furthest margins of modern society. Based on a two-year scientific study of L'Arche communities, founded by Jean Vanier, in which disabled core members and caregiver assistants live together, the book sho.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (193 pages)
ISBN:9781441100368
1441100369

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