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The Mystery of Communion
Communion is at the heart of the mystery of our humanity. It means accepting the presence of another inside oneself, as well as accepting the reciprocal call to enter into another. Communion,...
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The Paradox of Disability
Responses to Jean Vanier and L'Arche Communities from Theology and the Sciences
Hans S. Reinders, editor
“People with disabilities...have not only taught me; they have transformed me and brought me into a new and deeper vision of humanity." — Jean Vanier
(Softcover; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Pp183) In 2007 an impressive assortment of social scientists and theologians gathered in northern France at the community of L’Arche Trosly-Breuil, home of the first of over 100 L’Arche communities worldwide. The gathering was organized to solicit from them a response to a question posed by the founder of L’Arche, Jean Vanier: “What have people with disabilities taught me?” Their answers are here presented in a diverse collection of essays.
Editor Hans Reinders emphasizes that these analyses and reflection—like the L’Arche communities that inspired them—are not meant to set apart those with disabilities. Rather, they encourage people of all abilities humbly to acknowledge that to be human is to live with brokenness and limitation—and that to experience true community we must first learn to receive other people as God’s gift. 

Contributors
Roy F. Baumeister
Brian Brock
Pamela Cushing
William C. Gaventa
Stanley Hauerwas
Xavier Le Pichon
Christopher Newell
Stephen G. Post
Christina Puchalski
Kevin S. Reimer
Hans S. Reinders
John Swinton
Jean Vanier

 
L'Arche Canada - 2012