Aging and the End Times: Evangelical Eschatology and Experiences of Elderhood in the United States and South Africa
Recent trends in aging studies and popular U.S. discourse reformulate elderhood as a valuable, not necessarily negative, experience, and these new models of aging have extended to a consideration of religious practices that can make old age particularly meaningful. Among evangelical Christians, a sh...
Main Author: | Douglas Bafford |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2019-02-01
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Series: | Anthropology & Aging |
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Online Access: | https://anthro-age.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/anthro-age/article/view/197 |
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