Eschatological perspectives on aging |
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Authors: | Dr. David Tracy S.T.D. |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Chicago Divinity School, 1025 East 58th Street, 60637, Chicago, Illinois
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Abstract: | Focus is on the reality of aging as the concrete expression of our common human experience of ourselves as temporal beings. The analysis appeals to resources from a philosophical interpretation of temporality and a Christian theological interpretation of the central symbols of eschatology. Both resources provide positive approaches and clarifications of that aging process. Three eschatological symbol systems are noted: the traditional (past-orientation); the prophetic (present-orientation) and the apocalyptic (future-orientation). Each is analyzed as articulating a distinct authentic possibility for a person or a culture involved in the aging process. Symbols help orientate us in a positive way toward the process of aging. |
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