Love without Boundaries
Theological Reflections on Parenting a Child with Disabilities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10825406 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas E Reynolds (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 193-209 |
| Publication date | 2005-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5736 • E-ISSN: 2044-2556 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/004057360506200205 |
| OpenAlex | W1966165667 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Reflecting on the author's experience of parenting a son with disabilities and bringing this experience into conversation with authors such as Jean Vanier, Paul Ricoeur, and Emmanuel Levinas, this article suggests that “letting go” and becoming open to another in love is an experience of redemption that marks a conversion of self, one that transgresses boundaries and empowers the deepest kind of mutual belonging imaginable. Moreover, this conversion to another ultimately transforms us in the direction of a conversion to the divine itself, cultivating dispositions of gratitude and hope, for God is the relational power of the whole of reality, that which makes love imaginable, indeed possible
Conversation · Epistemology · Gratitude · Power (physics) · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Theology · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2016 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |