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Homeless populations are a vulnerable population experiencing a higher prevalence of mental and physical health problems as well as victimization and increased mortality rates. [11] Spirituality is one method some homeless individuals use to cope with their position of high vulnerability.
The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness is a 2018 book by Ryan Dowd that examines homelessness in libraries. Published by ALA Editions, it has been reviewed in several publications. Published by ALA Editions, it has been reviewed in several publications.
The Salt Path is a 2018 memoir, nature, and travel book by Raynor Winn. It deals with the theme of homelessness and the true nature of home in the face of the unpredictability of life. It was shortlisted for the 2018 Wainwright Prize and the Costa Book Awards, and won the 2019 RSL Christopher Bland Prize.
Favazza's Bodies Under Siege: Self-mutilation in Culture and Psychiatry (1987) was an early psychiatric book on this topic. His 2004 work, PsychoBible: Behavior, Religion, and the Holy Book presents objective data regarding commonly held misconceptions about the Bible as a whole as well as its major passages.
The book took eight years to write, and is the extension of Elliott's original reporting 2013 on the life of Dasani, a homeless black girl in New York city. [1] The book explores several themes, including the failure in the city's safety net and support for those in poverty, glaring wealth disparity, and the cycle of violence.
The homeless, those suffering from mental illness [1] Benedict Joseph Labre , TOSF ( French : Benoît-Joseph Labre , 25 March 1748 – 16 April 1783) was a French Franciscan tertiary , and Catholic saint .
Classics of Western Spirituality [CWS] is an English-language book series published by Paulist [1] Press since 1978, which offers a library of historical texts on Christian spirituality [2] as well as a representative selection of works on Jewish, Islamic, Sufi and Native American spirituality. Each volume is selected and translated by one or ...
Jesse Thistle (born 1976) is a Métis-Cree author and assistant professor in the department of humanities at York University in Toronto.He is the author of the 2019 memoir, From the Ashes, and 2022 poetry book Scars and Stars.