When Symbols Matter: Religious Rituals and Father-Identity in Parenting a Special Needs Child
Religious symbols and rituals can provide a center for shaping and ordering a sense of fatherhood, as experienced by the author who is a parent of a special needs child. Such rituals offer support, reassurance and a promise of wholeness for both father and daughter.
| Published in: | Journal of religion, disability & health |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2000
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| In: |
Journal of religion, disability & health
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| Further subjects: | B
Parenting
B Special needs child B Wholeness B Symbols B Ritual B Father B Identity |
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| Summary: | Religious symbols and rituals can provide a center for shaping and ordering a sense of fatherhood, as experienced by the author who is a parent of a special needs child. Such rituals offer support, reassurance and a promise of wholeness for both father and daughter. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-9122 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1300/J095v03n03_03 |