Aging and the Religious Dimension

Contents......Page 6
Figures and Tables......Page 8
Foreword: The Owl of Minerva......Page 10
Introduction: A Human Science Perspective on Aging and the Religious Dimension......Page 18
I. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES......Page 24
1 Values, Psychosocial Development, and the Religious Dimension......Page 26
2 From Loneliness to Solitude: Religious and Spiritual Journeys in Late Life......Page 36
II. CASE STUDIES\n......Page 52
3 From Sacred to Secular: Memoir of a Midlife Transition toward Spiritual Freedom......Page 54
4. The Way of the Religious Renouncer: Power through Nothingness......Page 74
III. HISTORICAL AND LITERARY STUDIES......Page 88
5. Aging and Spiritual Empowerment: The Stories of Oedipus and David......Page 90
6. Fairy Tales and the Spiritual Dimensions of Aging......Page 108
7. Spiritual Well-being, Maturity, and Aging: Biblical Illustrations......Page 128
8. Honor Thy Mother: Aging Women in the Jewish Tradition......Page 138
IV. PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION......Page 154
9. A Social Milieu for Spirituality in the Lives of Older Adults......Page 156
10. Life Narrative and Spiritual Journey of Elderly Male Religious......Page 170
V. INTERVIEW AND SURVEY RESEARCH......Page 190
11. Generativity as Pragmatic Spirituality......Page 192
12. Religiosity and Fear of Death in Non-Normative Aging......Page 206
13. Gero-Transcendence: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration......Page 226
For Further Reading......Page 250
C......Page 254
E......Page 255
G......Page 256
L......Page 257
R......Page 258
T......Page 259
Z......Page 260
About the Contributors......Page 262