Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care

A Multi-National Perspective

James W Ellor (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

204 Seiten

2002
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-1669-0 (ISBN)

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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

James W Ellor

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

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
ISBN-10	0-7890-1669-9 / 0789016699
ISBN-13	978-0-7890-1669-0 / 9780789016690
Zustand	Neuware