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A community of friends — the Sunday school class as a conduit for social contacts and social support among older women
Author(s)	Jon C Stuckey
Journal title	Journal of Religious Gerontology, vol 10, no 3, 1997
Pages	pp 53-71
Source	Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA.
Keywords	Friendship ; Informal care ; Older women ; Widows ; Church services ; United States of America.
Annotation	This article discusses a small group of women in rural Ohio, United States (US), who have transformed their Sunday school class into a community of friends that not only affords spiritual support but also sustains regular social contact well into older age. A qualitative thematic approach was used to analyse the data. Church participation through the life course, common themes that emerged among the women interviewed, and a discussion regarding the role of churches in serving as conduits of intergenerational contact and social support for older people are presented.
Accession Number	CPA-980424403 A
Classmark	DS:SX: P6: BD: SP: OWM: 7T
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