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Autumn Alcott Ridenour
Researcher at Merrimack College
Publications - 8
Citations - 15
Autumn Alcott Ridenour is an academic researcher from Merrimack College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Declaration & Health care. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 8 publications receiving 12 citations.
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The Coming of Age: Curse or Calling? Toward a Christological Interpretation of Aging as Call in the Theology of Karl Barth and W. H. Vanstone
TL;DR: In this article, the meaning of aging within a Christological interpretation is reconsidered, with a focus on intergenerational relationships and the embodiment of active and passive agency during the aging stage of life.
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The Meaning of Death and the Goal of Medicine: an Augustinian and Barthian Reassessment
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Making Sense of the Roman Catholic Directive to Extend Life Indefinitely
TL;DR: In November 2009, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued "Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services," requiring that all patients--including those in the so-called persistent vegetative state--be provided with artificial hydration and nutrition if such care could extend life indefinitely.
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Re-Enchanting Nature and Medicine
TL;DR: The authors reenvision nature and medicine with a sense of enchantment drawing from the Christian themes of creation, Christology, suffering, and redemption, aiming to revitalize the vocation of medicine.