I often hesitate to use the word "essential" in a book recommendation. But at present I'm not aware of another book based on qualitative research, analysing and exploring first-hand accounts of the experience of dementia, as it impinges on a person's felt and experienced relationship to God. The result is a book that opens up those inner worlds, and does so with imagination, compassion, and good questions for faith communities seeking to be hospitable places of welcome and support for people living with dementia. The result is a book that is, yes, essential reading on the subject.
Below is the endorsement I was happy to write for Tricia Williams in commendation of her work, "God's Not Forgotten Me. Experiencing Faith in Dementia."
"Williams has written a distinctive, accessible, moving and spiritually hopeful account of what it means to live with dementia. With compassionate insight and theological hopefulness, Williams offers spiritual and practical support to those who care for and accompany people living with dementia."
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