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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dow, Keith, 1982- author.

Series:

Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church work with people with disabilities.

Caring--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Caring.

Caregivers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waco : Baylor University Press, 2021.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781481313230

1481313231

9781481313216

1481313215

OCLC:

1226856138