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Religion, belief, and spirituality in late life / L. Eugene Thomas, Susan A. Eisenhandler, editors.

Contributor(s): Thomas, L. Eugene, 1932- | Eisenhandler, Susan A
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Springer Pub. Co., [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Description: xxv, 221 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0826112358Subject(s): Older people -- Religious life | Aging -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 200/.84/6 LOC classification: BL625.4 | .R45 1999Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Robert L. Rubinstein -- Introduction: research on religion and aging-mapping an uncharted territory / L. Eugene Thomas and Susan A. Eisenhandler -- A handful of quietness: measuring the meaning of our years / Stephen Bertman -- Joan and Erik Erikson and Sarah and Abraham: parallel awakenings in the long shadow of wisdom and faith / W. Andrew Achenbaum and Stephen M. Modell -- Religious and ethical strivings in the later years: three paths to spiritual maturity and integrity / Melvin E. Miller -- Reading between the lines: aspects of transcendence and spirituality in one group / Susan E. Eisenhandler -- Quarreling with God: belief and disbelief among elderly Jewish immigrants from the former USSR / L. Eugene Thomas -- Some correlates of religiosity among Turkish adults and elderly within a cross-cultural perspective / E. Olcay Imamoglu -- Spirituality: a continually evolving component in women's identity development / Patricia C. Burke -- Surprised by joy and burdened by age: the journal and letters of John Casteel / Susan H. McFadden -- Religion as a quest and the search for meaning in later life / Andrew Futterman, James J. Dillon, Francois Garand III, and Joshua Haugh -- Late-life transcendence: a new developmental perspective on aging / Lars Tornstam.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Robert L. Rubinstein -- Introduction: research on religion and aging-mapping an uncharted territory / L. Eugene Thomas and Susan A. Eisenhandler -- A handful of quietness: measuring the meaning of our years / Stephen Bertman -- Joan and Erik Erikson and Sarah and Abraham: parallel awakenings in the long shadow of wisdom and faith / W. Andrew Achenbaum and Stephen M. Modell -- Religious and ethical strivings in the later years: three paths to spiritual maturity and integrity / Melvin E. Miller -- Reading between the lines: aspects of transcendence and spirituality in one group / Susan E. Eisenhandler -- Quarreling with God: belief and disbelief among elderly Jewish immigrants from the former USSR / L. Eugene Thomas -- Some correlates of religiosity among Turkish adults and elderly within a cross-cultural perspective / E. Olcay Imamoglu -- Spirituality: a continually evolving component in women's identity development / Patricia C. Burke -- Surprised by joy and burdened by age: the journal and letters of John Casteel / Susan H. McFadden -- Religion as a quest and the search for meaning in later life / Andrew Futterman, James J. Dillon, Francois Garand III, and Joshua Haugh -- Late-life transcendence: a new developmental perspective on aging / Lars Tornstam.

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