Health and disability in an interdisciplinary approach. The role of the family, the school and the church in the recovery of the disabled persons
Health and disability in an interdisciplinary approach. The role of the family, the school and the church in the recovery of the disabled persons
Author(s): Cristina Popa NegruSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Education, Theology and Religion, Psychology of Religion
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: "health"; "disability"; "empathic communication"; "communion";
Summary/Abstract: I would like to point out the necessity of the word that builds and heals, intertwined with manifestation forms of Christian diaconia practiced in schools, churches and hospitals by people specifically trained to offer their professional, affective and spiritual availability in order to improve the quality of life of the peers in difficult situations, especially when the disabled are children. In the case of these peers of ours, we might think that their disability is a hard test of existence, but this is considered as a unique “chance” to know providence and becomes “a window of profound communication” to the saving work of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Great Healer and the perfect Teacher. Complex knowledge is achieved by the communication among people but also by the communication with the heavenly Father, by prayers, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The moral good is the condition of health, of physical, mental and spiritual balance for each of us. Moral theology, philosophy and medicine will find their common center in the interpretation scope of the meaning of human suffering, by a transfer of deep meanings, which will generate new solutions and interventions unanimously accepted and applied in order to improve and heal our peers.
Journal: Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi. Teologie Ortodoxă
- Issue Year: 29/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 121-139
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English