A Kind of Upside-Downness
Learning Disabilities and Transformational Community
Published on 21. November 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-78592-496-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
Once you have established the theological priority of being with, you need detailed examples and practical wisdom that make clear how being with transforms discipleship, ministry and mission. Those are precisely what this inspiring book provides. These pages offer a vivid and moving witness to what truly incarnational living means and to the rewards it offers. -- Samuel Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields and author of A Nazareth ManifestoMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78592-496-5 (9781785924965)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
David Ford | Deborah Ford | Ian Randall
A Kind of Upside-Downness
Learning Disabilities and Transformational Community
E-Book
11/2019
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
€27.99
Available for download
Persons
Edited by David F. Ford, Deborah Hardy-Ford and Ian Randall. Foreword by Frances Young.
Content
Introduction. Part 1: Called into Community. Chapter 1: Jean Vanier and a Community in Cambridge, Deborah Hardy Ford (St Andrew's Cherry Hinton) Chapter 2: Sharing in Community, Judith Gardom (University of Cambridge) Chapter 3: Living in Community that Embraces Others, E.S. Kempson (University of Cambridge) Part 2: A Wisdom of Community. Chapter 4:Building Community Beyond Us and Them, Daniel Smith (University of Cambridge) Chapter 5: Wisdom's Call, Suzanna R. Millar (University of Edinburgh) Chapter 6: The Spirit speaks to the church: Shabbat Wisdom, Deborah Hardy Ford (St Andrew's Cherry Hinton) Part 3: Discerning Community Today. Chapter 7: Community as a Sign of Hope, Philip S. Powell (Jubilee Centre) and Ian M. Randall (Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide) Chapter 8: Experiments in Friendship, Patrick McKearney (University of Cambridge) Chapter 9: Why L'Arche? Why Lyn's House? What next?, Theresia Paquet and David Ford (University of Cambridge) Bibliography