Education for Ministry in Aging: Gerontology in Seminary Training

The Wabash Center

Author
Publisher: Theological Education 16, no. 3, spec. issue (The Association of Theological Schools, Pittsburgh)
Table of Contents: Gerontology in Seminary Training: Introduction and Overview(Thomas C. Cook, Jr.)
Spiritual Well-being Definition and Commentary

Part I
Aging and Theological Education (David O. Moberg)

Part II
Education for Ministry in Aging: Guidelines for Competency Objectives (Thomas C. Cook, Jr.; Thomas W. Mahler; and Donna L. McGinty)
(Writing team)
Guidelines for competency Objectives‚ÄîDevelopment and Potential (Thomas W. Mahler)
Interdisciplinary Approaches and Concerns
Theological and Biblical Foundations (Paul Maves)
Life Contexts of Older Persons (Mildred M. Seltzer)
Process of Aging (Dan G. Blazer, II)
Policies and Aging (Clinton W. Hess)
Programs (James A. Thorson and Bruce J. Horacek)
Religious Education and Aging (Jerry C. Grubbs)
Action in Aging: A Religious View (Herman H. Denning)
Values and Aging (Arthur H. Becker)
Strategies for Using the Guidelines
. . . In Seminary Curricula (Jesse H. Ziegler)
. . . In Seminary and Continuing Education (Clyde L. Manschreck)
. . . In Congregational Settings(Sanford Seltzer)
. . . In Individual Competency-Building (Samuel L. Gandy)
. . . In Higher Education in Gerontology (Mildred M. Seltzer)
. . . In Developing Curricula in Secular Gerontology and in Professional In-Service Training (Dan G. Blazer, II)

Part III
Emerging Curricular Models for Education for Ministry in Aging Ministry with Older Persons (Albert L. Meiburg)
To Know With Feeling (Mary Alice D. Edwards)
The Life Span and Older Persons (Marcus D. Bryant)
Ministry of the Church with Older Adults (Robert E. Fillinger)
Aging: A Challenging Theme for Theological Reflection (Maureen Egan)
Caring for the Aging (Vernon L. Strempke)
A Developmental View of Aging (David W. Danner)
References

Part IV
Bringing Spirit to Aging Education in the 1980s (Reuel L. Howe)

Appendix
National Consultants to Project-GIST and Project-GIST Staff
Participants in Project-GIST, 1977‚Äì79
Abstracts: GIST Participants Sub-projects
Organizations and Agencies with Direct Participation or Representation in Project-GIST

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