Belief and Ageing
Spiritual Pathways in Later Life
Distributed for Policy Press at the University of Bristol
192 pages
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6 3/4 x 9 1/2
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© 2011
Based on 40 years' interviewing experience, this book illustrates the variety of religious, spiritual and other beliefs held by older people. It provides models of research procedure, especially in the context of bereavement. Participants include not only British Christians, but also Muslims, Humanists and witnesses of the Soviet persecution of religion. The author argues that both welfare professionals and gerontologists need to pay far more consideration to belief as a constituent of well-being in later life. The book looks to the future and increasing diversity of choice in matters of belief among Britain and Europe's older citizens as a consequence of immigration and globalisation.
Contents
Foreword by Judith Phillips
Preface
1. Ageing and belief
Peter G. Coleman
2. The changing social context of belief in later life
Peter G. Coleman
3. Listening and enabling the sharing of beliefs and values in later life
Marie A. Mills, Peter Speck and Peter Coleman
4. Ageing and faith: trajectories across the lifespan
Peter G. Coleman, Marie A. Mills and John H. Spreadbury
5. Religious responses in coping with spousal bereavement
John H. Spreadbury and Peter G. Coleman
6. Coping without religious faith: ageing among British Humanists
Peter J. Wilkinson and Peter G. Coleman
7. Religious memory and age: European diversity in historical experience of Christianity
Peter G. Coleman, Marie Gianellie, Marie A. Mills and Ignat Petrov
8. Religious difference and age: the growing presence of other faiths
Peter G. Coleman, Amina Begum and Saba Jaleel
9. Ageing and the future of belief
Peter G. Coleman
References
Index
Preface
1. Ageing and belief
Peter G. Coleman
2. The changing social context of belief in later life
Peter G. Coleman
3. Listening and enabling the sharing of beliefs and values in later life
Marie A. Mills, Peter Speck and Peter Coleman
4. Ageing and faith: trajectories across the lifespan
Peter G. Coleman, Marie A. Mills and John H. Spreadbury
5. Religious responses in coping with spousal bereavement
John H. Spreadbury and Peter G. Coleman
6. Coping without religious faith: ageing among British Humanists
Peter J. Wilkinson and Peter G. Coleman
7. Religious memory and age: European diversity in historical experience of Christianity
Peter G. Coleman, Marie Gianellie, Marie A. Mills and Ignat Petrov
8. Religious difference and age: the growing presence of other faiths
Peter G. Coleman, Amina Begum and Saba Jaleel
9. Ageing and the future of belief
Peter G. Coleman
References
Index
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