Affirming presence: spiritual life and friendship with adolescents with developmental disabilities

If spirituality is, among other things, a matter of ‘connectedness’, then how do we nurture spirituality in adolescents with developmental disabilities who seem largely disconnected? This article advocates the practice of friendship as one important Christian model of spiritual connectedness that fi...

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Main Author: Conner, Benjamin T. 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2010
In: International journal of children's spirituality
Year: 2010, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 331-339
Further subjects:B Practices
B Spirituality
B Friendship
B Christian
B Disabilities
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