Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Sabbath Rest as Vocation: Aging Toward Death: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics

Autor Assistant Professor Autumn Alcott Ridenour
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 dec 2019
Autumn Alcott Ridenour offers a Christian theological discussion on the meaning of aging toward death with purpose, identity, and communal significance. Drawing from both explicit claims and constructive interpretations of St. Augustine's and Karl Barth's understanding of death and aging, this volume describes moral virtue as participation in Christ across generations, culminating in preparation for Sabbath rest during the aging stage of life. Addressing the inevitability of aging, the prospect of mortality, the importance of contemplative action and expanding upon the virtues of growing older, Ridenour analyzes how locating moral agency as union with Christ results in virtuous practices for aging individuals and their surrounding communities. By responding with constructive theology to challenges from transhumanist, bioethical and medical arenas, the volume highlights implications not only for virtue ethics, but also for the goals of medicine.
Citește tot Restrânge

Toate formatele și edițiile

Toate formatele și edițiile Preț Express
Paperback (1) 23126 lei  6-8 săpt. +8633 lei  6-12 zile
  Bloomsbury Publishing – 25 dec 2019 23126 lei  6-8 săpt. +8633 lei  6-12 zile
Hardback (1) 71488 lei  6-8 săpt.
  Bloomsbury Publishing – 13 iun 2018 71488 lei  6-8 săpt.

Din seria T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics

Preț: 23126 lei

Preț vechi: 29751 lei
-22% Nou

Puncte Express: 347

Preț estimativ în valută:
4427 4602$ 3671£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 06-20 februarie 25
Livrare express 01-07 ianuarie 25 pentru 9632 lei

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780567692887
ISBN-10: 0567692884
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția T&T Clark
Seria T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Offers a response to transhumanist, bioethical and medical challenges to aging and death from a constructive theological perspective

Notă biografică

Autumn Alcott Ridenour is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious and Theological Studies at Merrimack College, USA.

Cuprins

IntroductionChapter 1Sabbath Rest: Moving Toward Death.Chapter 2The Valley of the ShadowChapter 3Contemplative ActionChapter 4Aging in the Middle VoiceChapter 5The Virtues of AgingChapter 6Aging as Sabbath RestBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

Sabbath Rest as Vocation is an important and needed contribution with theological depth and powerful cultural awareness that can leads us to age towards death meaningfully.
Written in a very readable style, this book is essential for missionaries, scholars, and pastors who engage in the mission of the church in multicultural societies.
Through its insightful interpretations of Augustine and Barth and its deep understanding of the later stages of life, this wonderful book reclaims aging as a moral and spiritual practice, not only for the aging themselves but also for those who accompany them. It is both theologically rich and practically wise, and it deftly manages to be hopeful without being sanguine. I strongly recommend it to everyone who is concerned with the theology, ethics, or pastoral care of the aging and especially to those who are preparing for this stage of life.
A generation of 'boomers' and their families are daily managing the aging process--with its limits, losses, and care demands. Religious faith can seem disconnected from realities or unhelpfully focused on 'eternal life.' From a strong experience of faith community, Autumn Ridenour envisions how life, aging and death take meaning together from relationships, community and "participation in Christ"-- theologically proclaimed and existentially validated. This is an eloquent and beautiful book.