Ministry with the Aging: Designs, Challenges, Foundations

ISBN-13: 9781138430822 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 286 str.

William M. Clements

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This book presents a distinctive approach to the study of law in society, focusing on the sociological interpretation of legal ideas. It surveys the development of connections between legal studies and social theory and locates its approach in relation to sociolegal studies on the one hand and legal philosophy on the other. It is suggested that the concept of law must be re-considered. Law has to be seen today not just as the law of the nation state, or international law that links nation states, but also as transnational law in many forms. A legal pluralist approach is not just a matter of redefining law in legal theory; it also recognizes that law's authority comes from a plurality of diverse, sometimes conflicting, social sources. The book suggests that the social environment in which law operates must also be rethought, with many implications for comparative legal studies. The nature and boundaries of culture become important problems, while the concept of multiculturalism points to the cultural diversity of populations and to problems of fragmentation, or perhaps to new kinds of unity of the social. Theories of globalization raise a host of issues about the integrity of societies and about the need to understand social networks and forces that extend beyond the political societies of nation states. Through a range of specific studies, closely interrelated and building on each other, the book seeks to integrate the sociology of law with other kinds of legal analysis and engages directly with current juristic debates in legal theory and comparative law.

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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

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William M Clements