Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care

A Multi-National Perspective
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7890-1669-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 274 g

How can you foster spiritual growth in older people?This multidisciplinary work re-examines issues of aging with dignity and spiritual meaning. Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care: A Multi-National Perspective brings together chaplains, pastors, counselors, and health care practitioners in all walks of gerontology from around the world to present a fully rounded picture of the spiritual needs and potentialities of this fast-growing population. It also includes a study of the spiritual awareness of nurses working in six different nursing homes, as well as a model for a parish nursing practice that focuses on the aged. Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care addresses urgent issues for older people, including: - social and spiritual isolation - the wisdom of the aging - the need for intimacy - sexuality among older people - living with dementia - the spiritual dimensions of caregiving

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ellor, James W

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Seelsorge, Pastoraltheologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface - Introduction - Section 1. Ethical, Theological and Biblical Dimensions - Ethics and Ageing in the 21st Century - Beyond the Biomedical Paradigm: Generating a Spiritual Vision of Ageing - Outward Decay and Inward Renewal: A Biblical Perspective on Ageing and the Image of God - ‘Wholeness, Dignity and the Ageing Self’: A Conversation Between Philosophy and Theology - The Getting and Losing Wisdom - Section 2. Issues of Ageing and Pastoral Care - Ageing and Isolation: Is the Issue Social Isolation or Is It Lack of Meaning of Life? - Pastoral Support for Late-Life Sexuality - Understanding the Ageing Process: A Developmental Perspective of the Psychosocial and Spiritual Dimensions - Through a Glass Darkly: A Dialogue Between Dementia and Faith - When Words Are No Longer Necessary: The Gift of Ritual - The Spiritual Dimension of Caring: Applying a Model for Spiritual Tasks of Ageing - The Challenges and Opportunities of Faith Community (Parish) Nursing in an Ageing Society - Epilogue - Radical Discipleship for an Ageing Society - Index - Reference Notes Included

Über Autor(innen)

James W Ellor