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.
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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
Year: 2000, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 25-39 |
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 |