LIBROS DEL AUTOR: pia matthews

4 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: pia matthews

  • Other-person-ness and the Person with Profound Disabilities
    Pia Matthews
    Many people think that profound disability presents us with a real problem, often because it seems difficult to connect with someone who does not seem to think or act like us. Positioning profound disability in this way immediately sets up a ’them’ and ’us’, where the person with profound disability becomes the problematic ’other’. ...
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    77,59 €

  • Marriage, Family and the Church
    Pia Matthews
    Inspired by the author’s experience as a peritus (expert adviser and consultant) at the 2015 Synod on the Family, this book traces the ongoing story of marriage, family and the Church in light of Pope Francis’ assertion that ’families are one of the most important nets for the mission of Peter and of the Church.’ Without ignoring the difficulties of marriage and family life, Pi...
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    43,72 €

  • God’s Wild Flowers
    Pia Matthews
    This important book is about a particularly rich harvest, saints with disabilities, God’s wild flowers. St Thérèse of Lisieux speaks of God’s living garden made of a great variety of flowers. People with disabilities are often on the margins and some find it hard to find their place in a Church that is often seen as emphasizing perfection. This book tells the stories of 141 sai...
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    23,29 €

  • Pope John Paul II and the Apparently ’Non-Acting’ Person
    Pia Matthews
    Drawing on Pope John Paul’s extensive theological and ethical writings this important book explores the status of people with profound intellectual disabilities who some regard simply as ’non-acting’. This book demonstrates that all human beings, whatever their situations or capacities, are acting persons made in the image of God and that all principles whether from Catholic So...
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    32,57 €