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This book examines the ways religion and spirituality are experienced by aging persons within an aging society. It aims to encompass the wholeness of the elder's life, including spiritual yearnings that are often shaped by religious faith and practice.Eminent contributors from a variety of disciplines explore this new terrain of an emerging interdisciplinary field. The result is a volume that will function as the standard reference work in the area, an important tool for professionals and students in health care, psychology, spiritual ministry, and gerontology.
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Aging, Spirituality, and Religion, Volume 1 published in 1995 by Fortress Press, provided the sociological, psychological, and theological perspectives for examining the ways in which spirituality and religion are experienced by aging persons in our society. As such, it provided the theoretical foundations for considering aging, spirituality and religion. Volume II picks up where Volume I left off-with practical advice and tools for ministry with the aging in a variety of settings. Gerontological and theological perspectives undergird the practical guidance and a final section treats of the unique ethical issues involved in ministry with the aging.Contributors:Melvin A. Kimble, Susan H. McFadden, Lynn Huber, Jane Thibault, Robert Atchley, Christie Cozad Neuger, John Stuckey, Henry Simmons, Anne E. Streaty Wimberly, W. DuWayne Battle, Ellen L. Idler, Dayle A. Friedman, Douglas Olson, Mark Holman, Richard Morgan, James Seeber, Marty Richards, Nancy G. Devor, Ken I. Pargament, Lois Knutson, Robert H. Albers, Robert Rost, Elizabeth MacKinlay, Helen Black, James Ellor, Carole Bailey Stoneking, Paul Sponheim, Richard Wallace, Richard Address, Stephen Sapp, Ladislav Volicer, Paul R. Brenner, James Birren, Betty Birren, Jeff Levin, John McFadden, Harry R. Moody, and Thomas Cole.
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