Ministry with the aging : designs, challenges, foundations /

Ministry with the aging : designs, challenges, foundations / edited by William M. Clements. - New York : Haworth Press, (c)1989. - xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

[Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper and Row, 1981.



Introduction : the new context for ministry with the aging 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 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 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 William M. Clements -- Rolf P. Knierim -- Jean B. Laporte -- Martin E. Marty -- Martin J. Heinecken -- Urban T. Holmes -- Ann Belford Ulanov -- Evelyn Eaton Whitehead, James D. Whitehead -- John C. Bennett -- Barbara Payne -- Allen J. Moore -- James W. Ewing -- Melvin A. Kimble -- George Paterson -- Donald E. Miller -- Elbert C. Cole.



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Church work with older people.
Older people--Religious life.
Pastoral theology.

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