| Description |
xiii, 479 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
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 Thibault -- 3. Becoming a Spiritual Elder / Robert Atchley -- 4. Older Adults₂ Emotions in Religious Contexts / Susan 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 / W. 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 |
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-- 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 |
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/ 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 Alzheimer₂s 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 -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects. |
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Older Christians -- Religious life.
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Aging -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Church work with older people.
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Aging -- Social aspects.
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Older people.
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Aging.
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Pastoral Care.
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Religion.
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| Added Author |
Kimble, Melvin.
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McFadden, Susan H.
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| ISBN |
0800632737 vol. 2 |
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