The papers in this volume on the practical theology of aging aim to engage with fundamental discourses in gerontology to reflect on central aspects of aging such as corporality, wisdom, memory, perception of time, generation, places, reality of media. In addition, the disciplines of practical theology are interrogated about their ability to increase their competence in perceiving, interpreting and acting upon the specific problems posed by aging. Here they engage in debate with neighbouring disciplines in the human sciences.

• Enters an up-to-date and fundamental discourse in...

Religion as a cultural interpretative system is not conceivable without reference to the phenomenon of life, which is articulated and displayed in the most diverse life styles. Life as it is being lived is always presupposed, and this fact has a profound impact on religious interpretations. However, the controversial dynamics of developments in the fields of science called the life sciences are now leading to significant changes in cultural perception and interpretation, which also demand new interpretation efforts in the theological perspective. This book seeks to meet this...

Der demographische Wandel und seine gesellschaftlichen Konsequenzen haben die gerontologische Forschung in den Fokus des gegenwartigen interdisziplinaren Wissenschaftsdiskurses geruckt. In der Praktischen Theologie spiegelt sich diese Entwicklung bisher vor allem in Uberlegungen zur Seelsorge und zur Bildungsarbeit mit Seniorinnen und Senioren. Das Spannungsfeld von best Ager auf der einen und der wachsenden Zahl dementer Hochaltriger auf der anderen Seite beschaftigt die beiden Disziplinen.

Der Band Praktische Theologie des Alterns will diese Partikularitat uberwinden. In...