Soulful Aging

Herausgeber: Achenbaum, W. Andrew

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032802947
• ISBN-10: 1032802944
• Artikelnr.: 70151159

Autorenporträt

Author and retired professor W. Andrew Achenbaum works at the interface of aging, humanities, and policy analysis.

Inhaltsangabe

A word from the journal editor Introduction: A word from the guest editor
1. Conscious aging, Spiritual aging, and soulful aging: A journey toward
the vulnerability of Love 2. I am not aging soulfully 3. Exploring
religious/spiritual pathways between practical wisdom and depression:
Testing the importance of the divine relationship in later life 4. Finitude
and eternity: mental companions of soulful aging? 5. Slower, deeper, wider:
what soulful aging means to me 6. The Jewish soulful aging of Jacques Élie
Derrida 7. Soulful ageing- a lifetime cancer journey 8. In the twinkling of
an eye 9. The poetics of soulful aging 10. "Take my hand, precious lord and
lead me home": Witnessing soulful aging