Specialists from subdivisions of gerontology examine the ways religion and spirituality are experienced by aging persons within an aging society.
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Important Text for Professionals,
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This review is from: Aging, Spirituality, and Religion: A Handbook (Hardcover)
This important text offers chapters from 44 well known authors on topics from theology to social science theory as well as ministry and pastoral psychology. This book won the award for one of the 10 most important books to be ready by Parish Clergy. Packed with insights and important research this book is a key tool for both researchers and practitioners.
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Don't be scared away by the title, this book offers wisdom to readers of all ages. The Fields/Norris essay will be of particular interest to women going through any life-transition. It helps you embrace and learn from uncertainty, so you can apply the knowledge you already have.
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Much of the impetus to study religion, spirituality, and the aging individual has come from the concern that increasing scientific specialization within gerontology threatens efforts to retain wholistic models of aging. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Much of the impetus to study religion, spirituality, and the aging individual has come from the concern that increasing scientific specialization within gerontology threatens efforts to retain wholistic models of aging. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
elderly support programs, parish revitalization, ministry with the aging, ministry with older adults, religious gerontology, religious coping, interfaith coalition, congregational programs, religious cognitions, community service system, sexual dualism, senior ministries, interpretive social science, intrinsic religiosity, pastoral care ministry, older adulthood, parish renewal, older congregations, religious variables, ethnic minority persons, continuity theory, personal spiritual life, valued identity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, African American, United States, San Francisco, The Gerontologist, Roman Catholic, Jesus Christ, Fortress Press, Black Americans, National Interfaith Coalition, Paulist Press, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Erik Erikson, Newbury Park, San Antonio, Englewood Cliffs, Free Press, Journal of Religious Gerontology, Native American, University of Chicago Press, Catholic Church, National Council, Van Tran, American Association of Retired Persons, Basic Books New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Practical Theology for Aging by Derrell R. Watkins on page 104, page 124, and page 141
- The Spiritual Dimension of Ageing by Elizabeth MacKinlay in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Pastor's Bible Study: A New Interpreter's Bible Study, Vol. 1 by David Albert Farmer on page 152, and Back Matter
- Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional & Contemporary Sources by Dayle A. Friedman on page 91
- Aging, Spirituality, and Religion: A Handbook, Vol. 2 by Melvin A. Kimble on page 446
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