Aging, spirituality, and religion : a handbook /

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Other Authors: Kimble, Melvin
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c1995-
Subjects:
Older people > Religious life.
Aging > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Church work with older people.
Aging > Social aspects.
Pastoral care.
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Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. Religion and health in later life / Harold G. Koenig
  • Religion and psychological well-being / Jeffrey S. Levin and Sheldon S. Tobin
  • Religion and coping / Kenneth I. Pargament, Kimberly S. Van Haitsma, and David S. Ensing
  • The continuity of the spiritual self / Robert C. Atchley
  • Spiritual develoment in later life / Linda J. Vogel
  • Mysticism / Harry R. Moody
  • The development of wisdom / Fredda Blanchard-Fields and Lisa Norris
  • Religion and persons of color / David Maldonado
  • Pastoral care / Melvin A. Kimble
  • Assessment, referral, and networking / James W. Ellor and Marie A. Bracki
  • Pastoral care of African Americans / Anne Streaty Wimberly and Edward P. Wimberly
  • Legal and financial concerns / Lori A. Stiegel and Nancy Coleman
  • Ethical perspectives / Stephen Sapp
  • Age-based Jewish and Christian rituals / W.A. Achenbaum
  • Religious education / Henry C. Simmons
  • Worship, traditions, and settings /
  • Dosia Carlson
  • A feminist perspective on aging / Martha Klein Larsen
  • Congegrational models / James J. Seeber
  • Elements of parish revitalization / James W. Ellor
  • The church in the community / Lynn W. Huber
  • Church-based support programs for elderly black adults : congegrational and clergy characteristics / Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, Linda M. Chatters, Andrew Billingsley, and Robert Joseph Taylor
  • Congregation-based health programs / Anne Marie Djupe and Granger Westberg
  • Congregation-sponsored housing / F. Ellen Netting
  • Congregation as a spritual care community / Jane M. Thibault
  • Spiritual challenges of nursing home life / Dayle A. Friedman
  • Older gay and lesbian adults / Gary S. Whitford and Jean K. Quam
  • A Jewish perspective / Kerry M. Olitzky and Eugene B. Borowitz
  • A Catholic perspective / Drew Christiansen, S.J.
  • Evangelical perspectives / Fred Van Tatenhove
  • A Neo-Orthodox perspective / Omar Otterness
  • A process theology perspective / Thomas Au and John B. Cobb, Jr.
  • A feminist theology of aging / Mary M. Knutsen
  • Constructive theology / Marc Kolden
  • Science and religion in dialogue / William M. Clements
  • Adult development theories and concepts / Jackie C. Lanum and James E. Birren
  • Sociological theories / Earl D. C. Brewer
  • Applications of research methods / David O. Moberg
  • The interdisciplinary study of gerontology / Barbara Pittard Payne
  • Quantitative and qualitative methods / Gary T. Reker
  • Interpretive social science and spirituality / Steven Weiland.
  • v. 2. Contributors
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Continuing the conversation / Melvin A. Kimble and Susan H. McFadden
  • Part one: Late life spiritual potentials: 1. Aging as pilgrimage: Spiritual potentials of late life / Lynn Huber
  • 2. Spiritual counseling of persons with dementia / Jane M. Thibault
  • 3. Becoming a spiritual elder / Robert C. Atchley
  • 4. Older adults' emotions in religious contexts / Susan H. McFadden
  • 5. Does gender influence late life spiritual potentials? / Christie Cozad Neuger
  • 6. The divine is not absent in Alzheimer's disease / John Stuckey
  • 7. A framework for ministry for the last third of life / Henry Simmons
  • Part Two: Aging in faith communities: 8. congregational care in the lives of black older adults / Anne E. Streaty Wimberly
  • 9. Meaning and effects of congregational religious participation / V. DuWayne Battle and Ellen L. Idler
  • 10. An Anchor amidst Anomie: Ritual and aging / Dayle A. Friedman
  • 11. Creative cooperative Alliances between congregations and community agencies / Douglas Olson and Mark Holman
  • (cont. v. 2.)-- 12. Small group approaches to group spiritual autobiography writing / Richard Morgan
  • 13. Volunteer ministries with older adults / James Seeber
  • 14. Caring for the caregiver / Marty Richards
  • Part three: Pastoral care with older people: 15. Understanding religious coping with late life crises
  • (cont. v. 2.) / Nancy G. Devor and Ken I. Pargament
  • 16. Pastoral care of elders and their families / Lois Knutson
  • 17. Pastoral care of the aged afflicted by addiction / Robert H. Abers
  • 18. Issues of grace and sin in pastoral care with older adults / Robert Rost
  • 19. Pastoral care for depression in long term care residents / Elizabeth MacKinlay
  • 20. Elders' narratives of suffering / Helen Black
  • 21. The role of spiritual assessment in counseling older adults / James Ellor
  • Part Four: Theological perspectives and ethical issues: 22. Postliberal, postmodern theological views of longevity / Carole Bailey Stoneking
  • 23. Rowing toward the creator: Eschatology and aging / Paul Sponheim
  • 24. The theological view of aging that permeates the African American experience / Richard Wallace
  • 25. Making decisions at the end of life: An approach from sacred Jewish texts / Richard Address
  • 26. Ethics and dementia: Dilemmas encountered by clergy and chaplains / Stephen Sapp
  • 27. Ethical issues in care of individuals with Alzheimers' disease / Ladislav Volicer and Paul R. Brenner
  • Part Five: Anticipating the future: Religion, spirituality, and an aging society: 28. Our responsibilities for our old age / James Birren and Betty Birren
  • 29. "Bumping the Top": Is mysticism the future of religious gerontology? / Jeff Levin
  • 30. A pastor ponders the boomers (John McFadden
  • 31. Conscious aging: The Future of religion in later life / Harry R. Moody
  • 32. On the possibilities of spirituality and religious humanism in gerontology / Thomas Cole
  • 33. Final time: Coming to the end / Melvin A. Kimble.

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