Growing Old in Christ

Name: Growing Old in Christ
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ISBN: 9780802846075

ISBN-10: 0802846076

ISBN-13: 9780802846075

Edition: 2003

Authors: Stanley Hauerwas, Carole Bailey Stoneking, Keith G. Meador, David Cloutier

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This work presents a theological reflection on what it means to grow old, particularly in modern American society. Written by a team of Christian thinkers from a range of fields, it explores how aging has been seen in Scripture, in the early church, in the Middle Ages, and in contemporary life.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 6/20/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Stanley Hauerwas (PhD, Yale University) is chair in theological ethics at the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. He previously taught at Duke University. He is the author of numerous books, including "Cross-Shattered Christ", "A Cross-Shattered Church", "War and the American Difference", and "Matthew" in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible.



Introduction




Biblical and Historical Perspectives on Aging


The Christian Practice of Growing Old: The Witness of Scripture



Special Gift and Special Burden: Views of Old Age in the Early Church



The Christian Practice of Growing Old in the Middle Ages




Critical Perspectives on Modern Problems of Aging


Modernity: The Social Construction of Aging



Growing Old in a Therapeutic Culture



Differences among the Elderly: Who Is on the Road to Bremen?



The Language of Death: Theology and Economics in Conflict



The Last Gift: The Elderly, the Church, and the Gift of a Good Death




The Christian Practice of Growing Old


Captured in Time: Friendship and Aging



Worship, the Eucharist, Baptism, and Aging



The Virtues of Aging



Generational Conflict: Continuity and Change



The Pressures to Die: Reconceiving the Shape of Christian Life in the Face of Physician-Assisted Suicide



Memory, Funerals, and the Communion of Saints: Growing Old and Practices of Remembering



Contributors


Index