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Belief and ageing : spiritual pathways in later life / Peter G. Coleman and colleagues.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coleman, Peter G.
- Series:
- Ageing and the lifecourse.
- Ageing and the lifecourse
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aging--Religious aspects.
- Aging.
- Older people--Religious life.
- Older people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 181 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2011.
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-175) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613224439
- 9781447301530
- 1447301536
- 9781283224437
- 1283224437
- 9781847429407
- 1847429408
- OCLC:
- 747409557
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