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Tender to the World: Jean Vanier, L'Arche, and the United Church of Canada
By (author) Carolyn Whitney-Brown
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Jean Vanier's spiritual vision and sense of humour shaped L'Arche, but the organization was also informed 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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Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press
Published date | 16 Oct 2019
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 288
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 539g
ISBN | 978-0-7735-5911-0
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BISAC | history / canada / post-confederation (1867-)
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Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).
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