Sabbath Rest as Vocation by Assistant Autumn Alcott Ridenour
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.
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Church Leadership in the Age of Human Resource Management
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The Iconic Self
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The Spirit of the Corporation
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The Sovereign Human Being
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Addiction and the Captive Will
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The Polity of Christ
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The Promise of Martin Luther's Political Theology
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Emotions, Moral Formation, and Christian Politics
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Christians and Violence
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Oliver O'Donovan's Moral Theology
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The Single Individual and the Searcher of Hearts
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Responsive Becoming: Moral Formation in Theological, Evolutionary, and Developmental Perspective
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Longing for the Good Life: Virtue Ethics after Protestantism
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Transfigured not Conformed
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Hans Joachim Iwand on Church and Society
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The Limit of Responsibility
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Christian Kinship
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Communities of Restoration
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Theological Neuroethics
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The Ethics of Grace
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Protestant Virtue and Stoic Ethics
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Every Good Path
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Love Does Not Seek Its Own
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Absolute Person and Moral Experience
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Logics of War
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Beginnings: Interrogating Hauerwas
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The Reign of God
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Confidence in Life
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. * Gerald McKenny, University of Notre Dame, USA *
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. * Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston College, USA *
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780567679208 |
| ISBN 10 | 0567679209 |
| Title | Sabbath Rest as Vocation |
| Author | Assistant Autumn Alcott Ridenour |
| Series | T And T Clark Enquiries In Theological Ethics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2018-06-14 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |