A Time to Keep : Theology, Mortality, and the Shape of a Human Life /
The miracle of birth and the mystery of death mark human life. Mortality, like a dark specter, looms over all that lies in between. Human character, behavior, aims, and community are all inescapably shaped by this certainty of human ends. Mortality, like an unwanted guest, intrudes, becoming a burde...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waco, Texas :
Baylor University Press,
[2016]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface: Recovering the context of life
- Clocks, skins, and mortality
- How life is measured
- Death and filiation
- The arc of life
- The vocation of singleness
- Working and eating
- Conclusion: The church's vocation to number our days.