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Communities of Kinship: Retrieving Christian Practices of Solidarity with Lepers as a Paradigm for Overcoming Exclusion of Older People

by Carlo Calleja

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Fortress Academic
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

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For Christians seeking to deepen community connections

Addresses exclusion of older people in society today

You will learn to cultivate solidarity and compassion

This book explores kinship practices to foster inclusion for older people.

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In Communities of Kinship: Retrieving Christian Practices of Solidarity with Lepers as a Paradigm for Overcoming Exclusion of Older People, Carlo Calleja describes kinship as a moral category, arguing that practicing kinship with others can cultivate virtues that shape the character of the agent. Contemporary Western society tends to focus on kinship as the sharing of blood ties or genetic material. On the other hand, the spiritual kinship that is proposed by religions tends to be exclusive and often nominal. For this reason, Calleja proposes practices and structures of solidaristic kinship, which involves sharing in the suffering of the other person. Finding parallels between the exclusion of lepers and the efforts of Christian communities to reforge kinship bonds with them in ancient and medieval times, he argues that communities of kinship with older persons can help cultivate the virtues needed for the flourishing of oneself and society.
Communities of Kinship: Retrieving Christian Practices of Solidarity with Lepers as a Paradigm for Overcoming Exclusion of Older People and Old Testament Story and Christian Ethics
Old Testament Story and Christian EthicsCommunities of Kinship: Retrieving Christian Practices of Solidarity with Lepers as a Paradigm for Overcoming Exclusion of Older People

  • Author

    Carlo Calleja

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Fortress Academic

  • Published

    March 2024

  • Weight

    772g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781978711976

  • ISBN-10

    1978711972

  • Eden Code

    6707770

This book explores kinship practices to foster inclusion for older people.

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