The spirituality of age
Subtitle: a seeker's guide to growing older
By: Robert L. Weber and Carol Orsborn
Contributors: Orsborn, Carol, author
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781620555125
Subjects: Aging; Self-realization in old age; Conduct of life; Religious aspects; Older people
Description: "As we enter the years beyond midlife, our quest for an approach to aging takes on added urgency and becomes even more relevant in our daily lives. Empowering a new generation of seekers to view aging as a spiritual path, authors Robert Weber and Carol Orsborn reveal that it is by engaging with the difficult questions about loss, meaning, and mortality--questions we can no longer put off or ignore--that we continue to grow. In fact, the realization of our full spiritual potential comes about not by avoiding the challenges aging brings our way but by working through them. Addressing head-on how to make the transition from fears about aging into a fuller, richer appreciation of the next phase of our lives, the authors guide you through 25 key questions that can help you embrace the shadow side of aging as well as the spiritual opportunities inherent in growing older. Sharing their stories and wisdom to both teach and demonstrate what it means to feel energized about the possibilities of your later years, they explore how to find a constructive role for regret, shame, and guilt, realize your value to society, and embrace the freedom of your later years to become more fully yourself. Coming from Catholic Jesuit and Jewish backgrounds respectively, as well as drawing from the latest research in psychological and religious theory, Weber and Orsborn provide their own conversational and candid answers to the 25 key questions, supporting their insightful and compassionate guidance with anecdotes, inspirational readings, and spiritual exercises. By engaging deeply with both the shadow and light sides of aging, our spirits not only learn to cope--but also to soar"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. I Calling for a New Vision of Spiritual Aging; title: ch. 1 Aging as the Path to Spiritual Maturity; title: ch. 2 Our Spiritual Biographies; title: Contemplative Aging: Living Life to the Full / Robert L. Weber; title: On Becoming Fierce with Age / Carol Orsborn; title: ch. 3 The Seeker's Guide; title: Navigating the Wild Space beyond Midlife; title: pt. II 25 Questions; title: A Journey of Spiritual Inquiry; title: ch. 4 What Is Spiritual Maturity?; title: 1.What is a psychologically and spiritually healthy vision of aging?; title: 2.How has your spirituality changed and deepened over time?; title: 3.How have your notions of the Divine matured since you were a child?; title: 4.What is the relationship between spirituality and religion?; title: 5.How can you assess your progress toward a more mature spirituality?; title: ch. 5 What Is Spiritual Awakening?; title: 6.Why do we want to stay asleep?; title: 7.What wakes you up?; title: 8.Has there been a particular experience that has finally awakened you?