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Dementia pushes us to ask ourselves about the nature of our identity and faith. Being in Christ. When we get to a later place in God’s story, we make some surprising discoveries. Not only are we made in God’s image, as believers we are caught up in Christ, the perfect image of God (Colossians 1:15; 2:6,7).
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Mar 26, 2021 · How do these symptoms raise worries for evangelical Christians? Dementia is an umbrella term. Within that, there are a group of illnesses which often have similar symptoms, particularly initially.
Jan 14, 2024 · Caring for someone with dementia often involves grief and loss as we watch our loved one’s memories, abilities and even personality change. It is heartbreaking. Yet even in the valleys, God remains faithful (2 Timothy 2:13). We can find comfort knowing that His steadfast love never ceases (Lamentations 3:22).
- Understanding Dementia
- Christian Personalism
- A Personalist Theology of Dementia
- Dementia and The Trinity
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Dementia is a term used to describe a number of illnesses that affect the brain and a person’s ability to perform everyday tasks. Common forms of dementia include Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and some forms of multiple sclerosis. Over 6 million Americans and 400,000 Australianslive with some kind of dementia. Cultural literacy about de...
Personalism is a school of philosophical and theological speculationthat focuses on the infinite uniqueness and depth of each person. Over the past century people like Dorothy Day, Gabriel Marcel, Martin Luther King, and Karol Wojtyla (who became Pope John Paul II) have been described as personalists, but the movement is still not particularly well...
How might personalism inform our understanding of dementia? One of the biggest challenges presented by the social stigma attached to dementia is the idea that people with dementia have lost both their personhood and dignity. Modern rationalist and empiricist philosophy associates the person with consciousness, as evidenced by Rene Descartes cogitoo...
But what about people who are experiencing the most severe forms of dementia? People with so-called “end stage dementia” may not even be able to recognize facial expressions or respond to a soothing or affectionate touch. Has someone in such a state indeed lost their grip on human personhood and connectedness with God? “No,” scholars argue. Two rel...
Theological speculation about dementia has been surprisingly sparse. Christian personalism, however, presents a unique lens through which we can explore the meaning of dementia and its implications for the soul and one’s relationship with God. Even people living with advanced dementia retain the most fundamental form of spiritual agency—the capacit...
Sep 14, 2018 · Still, biblical counselors need to know about it because chances are they will counsel a person with dementia or, more likely, family members who provide care. In brief, dementia is a cognitive disorder. The affected person’s thinking ability gradually deteriorates. It interferes with judgment and memory and also can create confusion, fear ...
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Jan 4, 2022 · One key in coping with a degenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophy, Huntington’s disease (HD), or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS / Lou Gehrig’s disease), is to remember that God is good. No matter our circumstances, God’s character does not change. The God of the Bible is the God ...
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Aug 30, 2023 · When you add up the good work of local churches and people of faith working in the sector, the Christian response to dementia is widespread and inspiring. We have excellent theological foundations for taking a lead in this area, especially when you look at the repeated call of the Old Testament prophets to care for the vulnerable, or in biblical language, the widows, orphans and strangers (see ...
