1st Edition
Ministry With the Aging Designs, Challenges, Foundations
By William M Clements
Copyright 1989
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
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Contents
Preface
- Introduction: The New Context for Ministry With the Aging
- I. Foundations
- Age and Aging in the Old Testament
- The Elderly in the Life and Thought of the Early Church
- Cultural Antecedents to Contemporary American Attitudes Toward Aging
- Christian Theology and Aging: Basic Affirmations
- Worship and Aging: Memory and Repentance
- II. Challenges
- Aging: On the Way to One’s End
- Retirement
- Ethical Aspects of Aging in America
- Religion and the Elderly in Today’s World
- The Family Relations of Older Persons
- III. Designs
- Adults With Parents in Crisis: A Personal Account
- Education for Ministry With the Aging
- Death, Dying, and the Elderly
- Adult Religious Education and the Aging
- Lay Ministries With Older Adults
Biography
William M Clements
