New directions in the study of late life religiousness and spirituality /
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Imprint: | New York : Haworth Pastoral Press, c2003. |
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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 |
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