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Spirituality and Ageing

  • ISBN-13: 9781853026317
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • Edited by Albert Jewell
  • Price: AUD $62.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/11/1998
  • Format: Paperback 196 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Coping with old age [VFJG]
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This volume presents the experience of ageing as an opportunity for spiritual reflection and affirmation of life. The contributors are religious and spiritual leaders and ethical thinkers from a range of backgrounds. They define ''spirituality'' not just as a religious concept but as an answer to the natural human need for purpose, values and relationships - a sense of wholeness in life.
Is there a spirituality for the elderly? Gerald W. Hughes; To live is to change, Jeffrey W. Harris; The spirituality of old age, Anthony of Sourozh; Inner resources for growing older, Helen Oppenheimer; One Quaker's perspective, Muriel Bishop Summers; The Lord's Prayer - a prayer of the ageing, James A. Crampsey; Harvesting a lifetime, Jenny Goodman; Ageing in the light of death, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi; Death and dementia, Margaret Goodall; Memory, personhood and faith, Paul H. Wilson; Joy in the moment - immediacy and ultimacy in dementia, C. Mary Austin; Dementia - a challenge to Christian theology and pastoral care, Malcolm Goldsmith; Some spiritual and ethical issues in community care for frail elderly people, Phyllida Parsloe; Spirituality, ageing and gender, Professor Ursula King; Spirituality and ageing in British Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, Shirley Firth.
This book serves many significant purposes, not the least of which is keeping before us the presence of the elderly, the rights and needs of the elderly, and the spiritual wealth borne by many of them if we are willing to respect the treasure and accompany it through their journey and ours. We are reminded that ""Trying to think deeply about the meaning and purpose of life is to engage in a religious quest"" (p.25) This expression neither begins nor ends at age 65. The book is a wealth of resources in its collective essays and will speak much to us who professionally (and personally) dwell with older adults.
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