New directions in the study of late life religiousness and spirituality /

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Imprint:New York : Haworth Pastoral Press, c2003.
Description:242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13196781
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Other title:Journal of religious gerontology.
Other authors / contributors:McFadden, Susan H.
Brennan, Mark (Mark G.)
Patrick, Julie Hicks
ISBN:0789020386 (alk. paper)
0789020394 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of religous gerontology, volume 14, numbers (1) 2002 and (2/3) 2003."
"This collection of papers originated in several symposia offered at the 2001 meeting of the Gerontological Society of America"--P. 1.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Charting a Course for 21st Century Studies of Late Life Religiousness and Spirituality
  • Part I. Epistemological Stirrings in the Study of Religiousness and Spirituality
  • Examining Spirituality Over Time: Latent Growth Curve and Individual Growth Curve Analyses
  • Uncovering Spiritual Resiliency Through Feminist Qualitative Methods
  • Spiritual Issues in Health and Social Care: Practice Into Policy?
  • A Mighty Fortress Is Our Atheism: Defining the Nature of Religiousness in the Elderly
  • Part II.. Approaches to the Definitional Dilemma
  • Practical Philosophies: Interpretations of Religion and Spirituality by African American and European American Elders
  • Dwelling and Seeking in Late Adulthood: The Psychosocial Implications of Two Types of Religious Orientation
  • Widows' Spiritual Journeys: Do They Quest?
  • The Role of Social Context in Religion
  • Part III. The Fruits of the Religious Life
  • Why Believe? The Effects of Religious Beliefs on Emotional Well Being
  • Coping with the Uncontrollable: The Use of General and Religious Coping by Caregivers to Spouses with Dementia
  • Effects of Religiosity and Spirituality on Depressive Symptoms and Prosocial Behaviors
  • Religiosity, Afterlife Beliefs, and Bereavement Adjustment in Adulthood
  • Afterword: A "Conversation" About Theories, Definitions, and Applications
  • Index