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xDeclarationI certify that this thesis does not incorporate without acknowledgement anymaterial previously submitted for a degree or diploma in any university; and thatto the best of my knowledge and belief it does not contain any materialpreviously published or written by another person except where due reference ismade to the text. 1____________________J. Trevor R. Whitney____________________Date1 There has been one peer-reviewed publication arising directly from this thesis, namely,Whitney, Trevor. "Intellectual Disability and Holy Communion: The Peace That PassesUnderstanding." Journal of Religion, Disability & Health 13, no. 3-4 (2009): 247-59.This publication is attached at the end of the thesis.
xiAcknowledgementsThis extended reflection has been made possible through the invaluablecontribution of many. Firstly, I owe deep gratitude to those people withintellectual disability living in institutions with whom I engage in pastoralrelationship. These people have graciously accepted me into their lives,honouring me with their stories. In doing so they have enabled me to constructcollective narratives of which a number have found their way into this thesis. Itruly hope that my pastoral analysis and understanding of these stories, too easilyhidden from public consideration over generations, afford faithful descriptionand insight.I also wish to thank my principal supervisor, Dr Lorna Hallahan, whoalways offered wise and generous critique, encouraging me to find my truepastoral voice, and to conceive of ideas and discourses well beyond initialconceptualisations. Your affirming critical engagement enabled me to stay thecourse of a both stimulating yet exhausting journey. I hope the conclusions tothis reflection bear faithful testimony to your scholarly and faith-basedpromptings. I also wish to offer gratitude to my secondary supervisor, Dr NeilPembroke, whose detailed and constructive levels of analysis necessarilychallenged me to develop thoughtful and well-considered argument. Youstimulated me to develop a thesis built upon a well-conceived and appliedacademic framework.I also wish to express thanks to Rev. Richard Miller. Your belief that Icould make a worthy pastoral contribution as a disability chaplain, and yoursustaining support, encouraged me in my vocation and assisted me in becomingan enquiring student of disability.I am also grateful for the wise counsel and collegial support I receivedfrom my fellow chaplains, Rev. Noel Bekker, Rev. Anne Hewitt and Rev. BruceStocks. Your commitment to the narratives that I presented to you for pastoralcritique added crucial rigor to the hermeneutics of analysis and understanding.You saw things that I was too close to see.And finally, but of utmost importance, I express deep gratitude to mywife and loving companion, Lyn. Despite the intrusion of academic demands intothe domestic context your constant support and care proved utterly reassuring.
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83functioning: an umbrella term enc
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93returning inmates and patients to
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95overcrowding pressures. 241 Restr
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97period from 1890 to 1925, and has
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101services to people with a range
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103popular eugenics movement “to
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105Whilst the early decades of Mind
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117accommodation, along with others
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123institution that continues to be
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127Plate 4.1‘Beardless Slave’by
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149CHAPTER FIVEEXTENDED REFLECTION
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179television, play private games s
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183crucial to the development of li
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191To a significant extent, this is
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207I’d like to describe what amou
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209The service is complete. The pia
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211It may be all these things, or p
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213medical and managerial, who unde
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227his accommodation area. The bato
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255myself as having needed qualitie
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2731. Opening the arms: This is a s
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299Molly’s story, as detailed in
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301Barth, Karl. Church Dogmatics, V
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