Living L'Arche
Subtitle: stories of compassion, love, and disability
By: Kevin S. Reimer
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781441100368; 9781847064356
Subjects: Church work with people with disabilities; Pastorale des personnes handicapées; RELIGION; Institutions & Organizations; Arche (Association)
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184).
Table of contents: title: Foreword; Prologue; 1 Downward Mobility; 2 Faith by Candlelight; 3 The Transforming Moment; 4 Saints; 5 Out of Ashes; 6 Road to Guadalupe; 7 The Fragile Ark; Acknowledgements; Notes.