A Holy Mess of a Story: Maternal Reflections on Caregiving, Chaos, and Intellectual Disability
Drawing on Frank’s illness narratives, the mother of a profoundly disabled son argues that Vanier and Nouwen’s descriptions of caregiving conform to the socially mandated quest narrative requiring stories of triumph. Their stories of spiritual growth have become a master text colonizing the experien...
1. VerfasserIn: | |
---|---|
Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Verfügbarkeit prüfen: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Veröffentlicht: |
Taylor & Francis
2023
|
In: |
Journal of disability & religion
Jahr: 2023, Band: 27, Heft: 1, Seiten: 124-137 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
parent
B Suffering B L’Arche B intellectual disability |
Online Zugang: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Zusammenfassung: | Drawing on Frank’s illness narratives, the mother of a profoundly disabled son argues that Vanier and Nouwen’s descriptions of caregiving conform to the socially mandated quest narrative requiring stories of triumph. Their stories of spiritual growth have become a master text colonizing the experiences of mothers caring for children with intellectual disabilities, particularly among faith communities. Rather than a journey of spiritual growth, research indicates that the lives of mothers often resemble a chaos narrative of spiritual confusion, paradoxically fused with joy. Providing effective spiritual care requires that faith communities honor anti-narratives of caregiving chaos. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 2331-253X |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
|
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2021.1932688 |