Forgetting Whose We Are: Theological Reflections on Personhood, Faith and Dementia

Because our culture so values rationality and productivity, observers easily characterize the life of the person with dementia in the bleakest terms because it lacks sociocultural worth. The experience of the person with irreversible and progressive dementia is clearly tragic, but it need not be int...

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Main Author: Swinton, John 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2007
In: Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2007, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-63
Further subjects:B Theology
B Memory
B Bonhoeffer
B Faith
B Alzheimer's
B Dementia
B Personhood
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Summary:Because our culture so values rationality and productivity, observers easily characterize the life of the person with dementia in the bleakest terms because it lacks sociocultural worth. The experience of the person with irreversible and progressive dementia is clearly tragic, but it need not be interpreted as half empty rather than half full.
ISSN:1522-9122
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1300/J095v11n01_04