1st Edition

Soulful Aging

160 Pages

by Routledge

160 Pages

by Routledge

160 Pages

by Routledge

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This book seeks to map out the parameters and boundaries of soulful aging and explores philosophical and theological perspectives on the way we grow older. It extends work in the behavioural and social sciences which address the diverse and contested connections of older people’s inner voices and social relationships. Building on qualitative and quantitative research in age studies and... Read more

A word from the journal editor
James W. Ellor

Introduction: A word from the guest editor
W. Andrew Achenbaum

1. Conscious aging, Spiritual aging, and soulful aging: A journey toward the vulnerability of love
W. Andrew Achenbaum

2. I am not aging soulfully
Jon G. Allen

3. Exploring religious/spiritual pathways between practical wisdom and depression: Testing the importance of the divine relationship in later life
Laura Upenieks and Neal M. Krause

4. Finitude and eternity: mental companions of soulful aging?
Frieder R. Lang

5. Slower, deeper, wider: what soulful aging means to me
William L. Randall

6. The Jewish soulful aging of Jacques Élie Derrida
Stephen Katz

7. Soulful ageing- a lifetime cancer journey
Janice Ryan

8. In the twinkling of an eye
Sarah Robinson Flick

9. The poetics of soulful aging
Braveheart Gillani

10. “Take my hand, precious lord and lead me home”: Witnessing soulful aging
Karen Skerrett