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The Spiritual Dimension of Ageing

The Spiritual Dimension of Ageing

Elizabeth MacKinlay

Paperback: £19.99 / $39.95

2001, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-008-9, BIC 2: HRLK JKSG

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1. An ageing society and the spiritual dimension. 2. Examining spirituality and ageing. 3. Religion, faith and spirituality. 4. Meaning in life: Spiritual development in ageing. 5. Types of ultimate meaning and images of God .6. Religious responses to ultimate meaning in life. 7. Response to meaning through experience. 8. The spiritual journey in ageing. 9. Perceptions of self-sufficiency and vulnerability in ageing. 10. Wisdom and the move from provisional to final meanings. 11. Hope, fear and despair and the last career. 12. Humour, laughter, spirituality and ageing. 13. Spirituality, relationship and issues of isolation in ageing. 14. A picture of spirituality and ageing. 15. The spiritual dimension of ageing: Challenges and preparations for ageing. Bibliographical references. Index.

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