Autism, Care, and Christian Hope

TitleAutism, Care, and Christian Hope
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsBrock, B
Journal TitleJournal of Religion, Disability & Health
Volume13
Pages7–28
ISSN1522-8967
Abstract

This article takes a Christian theological approach to autism to re-narrate the relationship of carers for individuals with autism. The discussion displays concrete ways that our care for those with autism is reshaped by being set within ontologies that privilege engaged self-investment, within a cultural context that rarely transcends its desire to study phenomenon through highly self-aware and disengaged description. Also presented is a phenomenological exploration of the challenges for carers by the experience of caring for those with autism, and the article concludes by entering a theological debate about how best to conceive our relationship to them.

URLhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15228960802581404
DOI10.1080/15228960802581404

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