Tender to the world : Jean Vanier, L'Arche, and the United Church of Canada /
Whitney-Brown, Carolyn,
Tender to the world : Jean Vanier, L'Arche, and the United Church of Canada / Carolyn Whitney-Brown ; foreword by Jean Vanier. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
""What is the secret that allows L'Arche to exist? I'll tell you: pleasure!" explains Jean Vanier, founder of the international federation of L'Arche communities where people with and without intellectual disabilities share their lives. Vanier's spiritual vision and playful sense of humour shaped L'Arche, but the organization was also formed by its surprising history with the United Church of Canada. In Tender to the World Carolyn Whitney-Brown explores the connections between the two organizations through diverse critical insights from Julia Kristeva, Doreen Massey, and Mikhail Bakhtin, as well as Vanier's controversial articulation of the gift of weakness. Tracing the five-decade relationship between L'Arche and the United Church alongside evolving disability theories, Whitney-Brown examines both the fundamental importance of stories and the agency of people with intellectual disabilities. Inversion--a transformative overturning of expectations in social interactions--can be upsetting or exciting, challenging or inspiring, she argues. This book offers a fresh look at how L'Arche and the United Church have worked to break down walls of difference, illuminating how each tenders something unexpected to the other and to the world. At a time when many are seeking new visions for society, the long and complex relationship between Canada's largest Protestant denomination and L'Arche offers both encouragement and a deeper way to approach questions of living in diverse communities."--
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Vanier, Jean, 1928-2019.
Vanier, Jean, 1928-2019
Arche (Association)
United Church of Canada.
Arche (Association)
United Church of Canada.
Church work with the developmentally disabled.
Pastorale des personnes atteintes de troubles du développement.
HISTORY--Post-Confederation (1867- )--Canada
Church work with the developmentally disabled.
Church work with the developmentally disabled
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BV4461.3
259/.44
Tender to the world : Jean Vanier, L'Arche, and the United Church of Canada / Carolyn Whitney-Brown ; foreword by Jean Vanier. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
""What is the secret that allows L'Arche to exist? I'll tell you: pleasure!" explains Jean Vanier, founder of the international federation of L'Arche communities where people with and without intellectual disabilities share their lives. Vanier's spiritual vision and playful sense of humour shaped L'Arche, but the organization was also formed by its surprising history with the United Church of Canada. In Tender to the World Carolyn Whitney-Brown explores the connections between the two organizations through diverse critical insights from Julia Kristeva, Doreen Massey, and Mikhail Bakhtin, as well as Vanier's controversial articulation of the gift of weakness. Tracing the five-decade relationship between L'Arche and the United Church alongside evolving disability theories, Whitney-Brown examines both the fundamental importance of stories and the agency of people with intellectual disabilities. Inversion--a transformative overturning of expectations in social interactions--can be upsetting or exciting, challenging or inspiring, she argues. This book offers a fresh look at how L'Arche and the United Church have worked to break down walls of difference, illuminating how each tenders something unexpected to the other and to the world. At a time when many are seeking new visions for society, the long and complex relationship between Canada's largest Protestant denomination and L'Arche offers both encouragement and a deeper way to approach questions of living in diverse communities."--
9780228000662 (ePDF) 0228000661 022800067X 9780228000679 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctvr7gk59 JSTOR
20190121319 can
Vanier, Jean, 1928-2019.
Vanier, Jean, 1928-2019
Arche (Association)
United Church of Canada.
Arche (Association)
United Church of Canada.
Church work with the developmentally disabled.
Pastorale des personnes atteintes de troubles du développement.
HISTORY--Post-Confederation (1867- )--Canada
Church work with the developmentally disabled.
Church work with the developmentally disabled
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BV4461.3
259/.44