Aging: The Fulfillment of Life Revised Edition Contributor(s): Nouwen, Henri J. M. (Author), Gaffney, Walter J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385009186 ISBN-13: 9780385009188 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1976 Annotation: The author shares his moving and inspirational thoughts on what aging can mean to all of us. It is a warm, caring book that shows us how to make the later years a source of hope rather than a time of loneliness. B & W photographs throughout. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Psychology Of Religion - Psychology - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Later Years |
Dewey: 305.26 |
LCCN: 74001773 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.40 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Catholic - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Evangelical - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: We are all aging. We are each a spoke on the great wheel of life, part of the ongoing cycle of growth. In Aging, Henri J.M. Nouwen and Walter J. Gaffney share some moving and inspirational thoughts on what aging means (and can mean) to all of us, whether we're in our youth, middle age, or later years. Enhanced by some eighty-five photographs depicting various scenes from life and nature, this book shows how to make the later years a source of hope rather than a time of loneliness -- a way out of darkness into the light. Aging, the authors write, is not a reason for despair, but a basis of hope, not a slow decaying, but a gradual maturing, not a fate to be undergone but a chance to be embraced. And they remind us of our responsibility to incorporate the aged into the fabric of our own lives -- helping them become teachers again so they may help us repair the fragmented connections between generations. Aging shows us all how to start fulfilling our lives by giving to others, so that when we leave this world, we can be what we have given. It is a warm, beautiful, and caring book: a simple reaffirmation of the promise of Him, who by His aging and death brought new life to this world. |