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Spirituality and Aging
Robert C. Atchley
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Description for Spirituality and Aging
Hardback. Separating spirituality from religion-something few books on this topic do-Spirituality and Aging offers a plan for incorporating spirituality into gerontological scholarship, research, education, and practice. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HRLK; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
A spiritual life, one focused on personal growth and deep human experience, is a major focus and motivator for people over the age of forty. Yet there is a marked lack of rigorous academic study of spirituality's importance in the lives of aging people. Noted gerontologist Robert C. Atchley remedies this problem by developing complex concepts and language about spirituality. Spirituality and Aging incorporates material from two decades of interviews, observations, study, and reflection to illustrate ways of thinking about and discussing spirituality-what it is, why it is important, and how it influences the experience of aging. This book provides ... Read more
A spiritual life, one focused on personal growth and deep human experience, is a major focus and motivator for people over the age of forty. Yet there is a marked lack of rigorous academic study of spirituality's importance in the lives of aging people. Noted gerontologist Robert C. Atchley remedies this problem by developing complex concepts and language about spirituality. Spirituality and Aging incorporates material from two decades of interviews, observations, study, and reflection to illustrate ways of thinking about and discussing spirituality-what it is, why it is important, and how it influences the experience of aging. This book provides ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
441g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891199
SKU
V9780801891199
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About Robert C. Atchley
Robert C. Atchley is a distinguished professor of gerontology emeritus at Miami University, Ohio, where he also served as the director of the Scripps Gerontology Center. Professor Atchley was previously a professor and chair of the Department of Gerontology at the Naropa Institute, in Boulder, Colorado, and is the author of Social Forces and Aging and of Continuity ... Read more
Reviews for Spirituality and Aging
Considers fundamental questions about the meaning of being and how it is shaped by the experience of aging. Atchley's major goal is to provide a conceptual and theoretical picture of spirituality as a subject in its own right, separate from, though sometimes overlapping with religion. He acknowledges that many find that their religious beliefs provide an important and maybe even ... Read more