Description: Successful Ageing, Spirituality and Meaning : Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Paperback by Bouwer, J. (EDT); Ross, Helen-Anne (CON); Litjens, Wendy (CON), ISBN 9042922680, ISBN-13 9789042922686, Brand New, Free shipping in the US After more than forty years of studying the subject matter of successful ageing, defining it from perspectives like dependence or psychological and physiological vitality, scholars have only at the end of the nineties made a specific connection between successful ageing and spirituality. This sparked off an increase in spirituality or aspects of gerotran-scendence with age in quite a number of studies. Considering spirituality and/or meaning and the ongoing discussion about the predictors of successful ageing and activities associated with the baby boom generation form the background to the articles bundled in this collection. The single thread running through this collection is that the inclusion of spirituality as an anthropological structure of humankind repels reductionism in both the study of the subject matter and the care for elderly people and opts for a moral position keeping respect and humanity in mind. The fourteen articles are thematically classified into seven categories. The categories reflect, apart from the conceptualisation of the two key concepts running through this book, the following perspectives: gerontological, psychological, sociological, anthropological, moral and theological perspectives. The authors explore the two-tiered theme of successful ageing and spirituality from different angles and make an interesting and challenging contribution to the existing corpus of publications in this field. Fundamental motives identified in the articles refer to the need of `balance' in looking for the essence of ageing successfully, combining life span motives with care, considering culture as a very important parameter and to exploring mental health in relation to (theological) anthropology.
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Book Title: Successful Ageing, Spirituality and Meaning : Multidisciplinary P
Number of Pages: 284 Pages
Publication Name: Successful Ageing, Spirituality and Meaning : Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Publisher: Peeters Publishers & Booksellers
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: Spirituality, Christian Life / General, Gerontology, General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 7.9 Oz
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science
Author: J. Bouwer
Series: Studies in Spirituality Supplements Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
