Public Lecture: Aging Towards Sabbath Rest

This talk discusses the challenges to aging from western culture given its emphasis on individualism, autonomy, and productivity. Instead, turning to themes across geriatrics in medical ethics as well as Christian theology causes us to rethink the meaning of aging and the important role of dependence, community, and worship for identity and agency that ends in hope.

is the Mockler Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Gordon-Conwell. She teaches theological ethics specializing in aging, death, virtue ethics, and the spiritual impact of technology. Author of , she writes widely on Christology, ethics, and moral development. She worships at First Baptist Church of Sudbury, MA where her husband is senior pastor.

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