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Title A kind of upside-downness : learning disabilities and transformational community / edited by David Ford, Deborah Ford and Ian Randall ; foreword by Frances Young
Published London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (232 pages)
Contents Part 1: Called into community. Jean Vanier and a community in Cambridge / Deborah Hardy Ford -- Becoming a community / Judith Gardom -- Living in a community that embraces others / E. S. Kempson
Part 2: A wisdom of community. Building community beyond us and them / Daniel Smith -- Wisdom's Call / Suzanna R. Millar -- The spirit speaks to the church: Shabbat wisdom / Deborah Hardy Ford
Part 3: Discerning community today. Community as a sign of hope / Phillip S. Powell, Ian Randall-- Experiments in friendship / Patrick McKearny -- Why L'Arche? Why Lyn's House? What next? / Theresia L. Pacquet, David F. Ford
Summary "This book tells the story of Lyn's House, inspired by Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche communities. It is a small Christian house of hospitality and friendship in Cambridge, set in an open community of volunteers and supporters. This is a moving account of its origins and development, and of the friendships it enables." --provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Church work with the mentally ill.
Learning disabilities.
Learning Disabilities
Church work with the mentally ill
Learning disabilities
Form Electronic book
Author Burnett, Frances Young Petit, writer of foreword
Ford, David F., 1948- editor
Ford, Deborah, editor
Randall, Ian M., editor
ISBN 9781787751392
1787751392