ERIC Number: ED018029
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Publication Date: 1965
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THE CHURCH'S MINISTRY IN MENTAL RETARDATION.
STUBBLEFIELD, HAROLD W.
WRITTEN BY A CHAPLAIN IN A PUBLIC RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTION FOR MENTALLY RETARDED PERSONS, THE BOOK DEFINES THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN HELPING THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE CHALLENGE TO THE CHURCH IS PRESENTED. THE DISCUSSION OF THE MINISTRY TO THE FAMILY TREATS MENTAL RETARDATION AS A FAMILY PROBLEM AND THE PASTORAL CARE OF PARENTS OF RETARDED PERSONS. CONSIDERATION OF THE CHURCH'S MINISTRY TO RETARDED PERSONS INCLUDES THE RELIGIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE RETARDED, CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OF THE RETARDED, INSTITUTIONAL MINISTRY, AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ROLE OF THE CHURCH. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS 18 ITEMS. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE BROADMAN PRESS, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, FOR $4.00. (DF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Church Programs, Church Responsibility, Church Role, Counseling, Exceptional Child Education, Family Counseling, Family (Sociological Unit), Individual Needs, Institutional Personnel, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Parent Attitudes, Parent Counseling, Religious Education, Religious Factors, Residential Institutions, Residential Programs
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