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| Spiritual formation of older persons | | Author(s) | Derrel R Watkins |
| Journal title | Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, vol 21, no 1-2, 2009 |
| Publisher | The Haworth Press, Inc., 2009 |
| Pages | pp 1-141 (whole issue) |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Religion ; Pastoral care. |
| Annotation | The ten articles that make up this issue of Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging focus on spiritual formation, which is "the continual process of conforming one's thinking and behaviour to one's internalised belief system and world view; of growing in harmony with one's inner self; and one's sense of meaning and purpose" (Watkins, 2009). Spiritual formation is a process that starts at the beginning of life and continues to develop until the end of life. It would appear from all the evidence presented that spiritual formation continues to increase in older age. As a process, spiritual formation includes the essential developmental characteristics of psychology along with sociology's understanding of the life course. The articles focus on facets of spiritual formation - transcendence, pastoral care, counselling - and look at New Testament teachings. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090625201 A |
| Classmark | EX: TR: OW |
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