Magdalene House A Place about Mercy

Name: Magdalene House A Place about Mercy
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ISBN: 9780826518385

ISBN-10: 0826518389

ISBN-13: 9780826518385

Edition: 2012

Authors: Sarah VanHooser Suiter

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Women come to Magdalene House in Nashville when they are ready to leave the streets. They live together--unsupervised and free of charge--for two years. During that time, the women are given time, space, and the resources they need to heal from what have often been lifelong experiences with suffering. (Of the twenty-two women now in residence, 80 percent have a diagnosed mental illness other than addiction, 40 percent are receiving treatment for hepatitis C, and one-third are HIV positive.)However, the story of the Magdalene community is not about these statistics, but about the stories the women tell. They say they thrive in the community because it is a place where they are free to be…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Publication date: 5/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Sarah VanHooser Suiter became Lead Program Evaluator at Centerstone Research Institute in Nashville after completing a postdoctoral fellowship in Religion, Spirituality, and Health at Duke University Medical Center.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Magdalene



The Path of Illness: How Women Get to Magdalene



The Story of One



Health and Healing: Seeking Definition



St. Benedict's Ghost: Hospitality as Community Practice



Come as You Are: Love, Forgiveness, and Belonging



Speaking Our Truth in Love



Healing Still


Conclusion


Notes


References


Index