RT Article
T1 Comparative aging: how early Christian widows illuminate age and aging today
JF Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
VO 36
IS 4
SP 345
OP 354
A1 LaFosse, Mona Tokarek
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1897644787
AB In a late first century CE Christian text, we find a rather odd sentiment: a widow should be “put on a list” if she is “not less than sixty” (1 Timothy 5:9). In this article, questions around these phrases form a basis for a comparison of age and aging in the ancient Mediterranean and in the author’s own twenty-first century Canadian context, exploring universal aspects of aging and culturally conditioned understanding of age. Comparisons of life expectancy, definitions of age, gendered expectations, intergenerational relationships, and perception of time shed light on aspects of age and aging that we might not otherwise consider.
K1 Widows
K1 life expectancy
K1 intergenerational relationships
K1 History
K1 Early Christianity
K1 chronological age
K1 Aging
DO 10.1080/15528030.2024.2374490