The Paradox of Disability Responses to Jean Vanier and L'Arche Communities from Theology and the Sciences
In 2007 an impressive assortment of social scientists and theologians gathered in L'Arche Trosly to offer responses to a question posed by Jean Vanier: "What have people with disabilities taught me?" Their answers are here presented in a diverse collection of essays in a book called Paradox of Disability. The analyses and reflections, says editor Hans Reinders — like the L'Arche communities that inspired them — are not meant to set apart those with disabilities. Rather, they encourage people of all abilities humbly to acknowledge that to be human is to live with brokenness and limitation — and that to experience true community we must first learn to receive other people as God's gift.
Some of the contributors are well known to L'Arche : Hans Reinders, the editor, Xavier Le Pichon (top French scientist and member of L'Arche de Trosly and Dr. Pamela Cushing, friend of L'Arche Daybreak).