And here's an essay by Robert Ellsberg about Nouwen that focuses on Adam & that book. I haven't read "Adam: God's Beloved"and slightly dread doing so--it seems to break the "nothing about us without us" principle that objectifies people w/ intellectual disabilities--but who knows, maybe it is great.
The only other Nouwen I've read was “Adam: God’s Beloved,” which is ostensibly about a multiply disabled friend of his, but which does also reveal more about Nouwen than “Return of the Prodigal Son” does.
And here's an essay by Robert Ellsberg about Nouwen that focuses on Adam & that book. I haven't read "Adam: God's Beloved"and slightly dread doing so--it seems to break the "nothing about us without us" principle that objectifies people w/ intellectual disabilities--but who knows, maybe it is great.
https://merton.org/itms/annual/19/Ellsberg340-354.pdf
The only other Nouwen I've read was “Adam: God’s Beloved,” which is ostensibly about a multiply disabled friend of his, but which does also reveal more about Nouwen than “Return of the Prodigal Son” does.