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| Religious trajectories and transitions over the life course | | Author(s) | Berit Ingersoll-Dayton, Neal Krause, David Morgan |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 55, no 1, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 51-70 |
| Keywords | Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Life span ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Open-ended interviews with 129 Americans aged 65+ provided a rich source of data for applying a life course perspective to the study of religion. Two theoretical constructs from the life course perspective - trajectories and transitions - were used as a framework for understanding religion and ageing. The content of interviews was analysed to identify: dimensions of religiosity that exhibit change; patterns of religious trajectories; and social forces that promote changes in religiosity. These analyses revealed four distinct patterns: stable, increasing, decreasing, and curvilinear trajectories. Several forces were involved with either increasing religiosity (e.g. child rearing, adverse life experiences) or decreasing religiosity (e.g. disillusionment with church members, adverse life experiences). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030401209 A |
| Classmark | TR: EX: BG6: 7T |
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