Growing up : pastoral nurture for the later years /
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| Author / Creator: | Robb, Thomas B. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Haworth Press, 1991. |
| Description: | 148 pages ; 22 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Haworth series in religion and pastoral care ; v. 1. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13231910 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Growing Up
- My Life Has Changed
- Chapter 2. A Time for Every Purpose
- Humans Serve a Wonderful Purpose
- Humans Bear God's Likeness
- Humans Have a Particular Responsibility
- It's All in the Timing
- Chapter 3. Heroes, Heroines, and Role Models
- Growing Up Means Living a Long Time
- Growing Up Means Being in Covenant With God
- Growing Up Isn't Easy
- Growing Up Means Facing Uncertainty
- Growing Up Means Saying "Yes" to God's Call
- Chapter 4. The Play's the Thing
- Two New Acts
- Entrances, Exits, and Intermissions
- An Analogy for Life
- Chapter 5. Still Room to Grow
- Children Become Adults
- Changes in Marriage and Family
- Changes in Physical Status and Health
- Midlife Crisis
- Learning to Grow Older
- Chapter 6. More Growing to Do
- Retiring From Work
- But Not for Lunch!
- Widowhood
- Caring for Elderly Parents
- Changes and Adjustments
- Getting It All Together
- Chapter 7. Growing Beyond Life
- Illness and Long Term Care
- The Process of Dying
- Loss and Grief
- Growing Up is Hard
- Chapter 8. A Place to Grow In
- Arguments in Favor of Older Adult Ministry
- An Argument From Design
- Chapter 9. Enabling Older People to Grow
- In Search of a Premise
- The Shape of Pastoral Nurturing
- A Kind of Case Management
- Ritual as a Form of Nurture
- Index