The Stories of Parents of Children with Mental Disabilities: "Triumphal" Versus "absurd" Narratives

The aim of this paper is to improve pastoral theological insights by examining the stories of parents of children with mental disabilities, how their intimate experiences as parents of children with disabilities raise important pastoral theological questions. To this end, I have conducted ethnograph...

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Main Author: Hur, Jeongyun (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2017]
In: Journal of pastoral theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-62
IxTheo Classification:KBQ North America
NCB Personal ethics
RG Pastoral care
Further subjects:B Disability
B Parents of children with disabilities
B Pastoral Care
B Narrative
B Pastoral Theology
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