Published by The Haworth Pastoral Press, Inc. 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, the Journal was started in response to the growth of interest in spirituality and religion in health and healing, in chronic illness and disability.
The purpose of the Journal as stated in its statement of Vision is the following: to provide an interfaith, interdisciplinary forum that will reflect and support the growing dialogue between religious/spiritual perspectives and clinical/scientific perspectives in supporting people with disabilities and their families. But we also hope to provide an equal place ‘at the table’ for the voices of people with disabilities and their families as they encounter and address services and supports in the worlds of faith and health.
Our goal is that the Journal will provide a bridge for research, policy, and practice that can unite clergy, chaplains and pastoral counselors, religious educators, and theologians with health care professionals and researchers in their work with people with disabilities and their families to develop more holistic supports and inclusive communities….
“The Journal … believes that health and disability are not opposite conditions. Health is conceptualized as a state of physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being. It is not the absence of disease or disability. Disabilities in one area may co-exist with substantial well-being in other areas of health. People are neither completely healthy nor completely disabled, but rather are people first whose personal well being reflects individual strengths and limitations” (Journal, Vol. 3, No.2, 1999).
Below are very brief descriptions of five articles from Journal, Volume 3, Number 1, 1999.
The Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health, published by The Haworth Pastoral Press, Inc. 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, was started in response to the growth of interest in spirituality and religion in health and healing, in chronic illness and disability.
From UCC DM Newsletter Archive, Book Beat
