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Belief and ageing : Spiritual pathways in later life.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ageing and the lifecoursePublication details: Bristol : Policy Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (189 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781847429407
  • 1847429408
  • 1283224437
  • 9781283224437
  • 9781447301530
  • 1447301536
  • 9786613224439
  • 661322443X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Belief and ageing : Spiritual pathways in later life.DDC classification:
  • 305
LOC classification:
  • HQ1061
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Ageing and belief -- The changing social context of belief in later life -- Listening and enabling the sharing of beliefs and values in later life -- Ageing and faith: Trajectories across the lifespan -- Religious responses in coping with the spousal bereavement -- Coping without religious faith: Ageing among British humanists -- Religious memory and age: European diversity in historical experience of Christianity -- Religious difference and age: The growing presence of other faiths -- Ageing and the future of belief.
Summary: This book illustrates the variety of religious, spiritual and other beliefs held by older people, including British Christians, Muslims, Humanists and witnesses of the Soviet persecution of religion.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)386120

This book illustrates the variety of religious, spiritual and other beliefs held by older people, including British Christians, Muslims, Humanists and witnesses of the Soviet persecution of religion.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175) and index.

Ageing and belief -- The changing social context of belief in later life -- Listening and enabling the sharing of beliefs and values in later life -- Ageing and faith: Trajectories across the lifespan -- Religious responses in coping with the spousal bereavement -- Coping without religious faith: Ageing among British humanists -- Religious memory and age: European diversity in historical experience of Christianity -- Religious difference and age: The growing presence of other faiths -- Ageing and the future of belief.