Belief and ageing Spiritual pathways in later life
Coleman, Peter G.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
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.
Description based on print version record.
Religion.
Older people
Aging
SOCIAL SCIENCE
RELIGION
Aging
Older people