Overview
Aging and religion has been badly neglected in the field of Gerontology. This book, containing 13 chapters of original theory and research, is devoted to understanding the place that religion and spirituality hold in the lives of elderly persons. The authors, each experts in their own field, approach this issue from their backgrounds in the social sciences and the humanities. Overall this is a ground-breaking collection: It is one of the first attempts to seek to understand the role that religion plays in the lives of elderly persons. Based on their various multi-disciplinary perspectives, the authors make use of a variety of qualitative and quantitative methodologies as well as personal narrative and literature to grapple with this issue. Finally, the book is unique in that it addresses scholars and students, including the educated layman, rather than the professional alone.
Full Product Details
Author: Susan A. Eisenhandler ,
L.Eugene Thomas ,
Harry R. Moody
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.572kg
ISBN: 9780865692107
ISBN 10: 0865692106
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 17 February 1994
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
"?For far too long, religion hs been ignored as an area of study in gerontology; this volune examines the role relgigion plays in human development and aging...The marriage of social science and humanities paradigms opens new and exciting horizons in gerontology.?-Bulletin, The General Theological Library of Bangor Theological Seminary ""For far too long, religion hs been ignored as an area of study in gerontology; this volune examines the role relgigion plays in human development and aging...The marriage of social science and humanities paradigms opens new and exciting horizons in gerontology.""-Bulletin, The General Theological Library of Bangor Theological Seminary"
?For far too long, religion hs been ignored as an area of study in gerontology; this volune examines the role relgigion plays in human development and aging...The marriage of social science and humanities paradigms opens new and exciting horizons in gerontology.?-Bulletin, The General Theological Library of Bangor Theological Seminary
Author Information
L. EUGENE THOMAS is Professor of Human Development and Family Relations at the University of Connecticut. As a Fulbright Research Fellow, he conducted research on life satisfaction and spirituality of elderly in India and England. The results of this research are summarized in the book he edited, Research on Adulthood and Aging: The Human Sciences Perspective. He is presently studying the life transitions and meaning construction among elderly born in this country and Russian elderly who recently immigrated to this country. SUSAN A. EISENHANDLER is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. A former Administration on Aging trainee, she conducts research on the social construction of identity in old age, and her current research is focused on life transitions and the construction of meaning in the lives of the elderly.
