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

Author:   Kevin Scott Reimer ,  Kevin Scott Reimer
Publisher:   Liturgical Press
ISBN:  

9780814632994


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   01 July 2009
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Living L'Arche: Stories of Compassion, Love, and Disability


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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 shows that compassionate love involves work, and risk, and commitment, but offers the possibility of transformation. With recognition of our own brokenness comes the realization that we are made for relationships, places of safety where compassionate love enables us fully to know ourselves and God. Kevin Scott Reimer is Professor of Psychology at Azusa Pacific University, and ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Educated in the United States and Canada, he holds degrees in developmental psychology, biological sciences, theology, and literature. His other book projects include The Reciprocating Self (InterVarsity Press 2005) and A Peaceable Psychology (Brazos, 2009).

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Author:   Kevin Scott Reimer ,  Kevin Scott Reimer
Publisher:   Liturgical Press
Imprint:   Liturgical Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9780814632994


ISBN 10:   0814632998
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   01 July 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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