AGEING AND SPIRITUALITY: UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTRUCTION, ENGAGEMENT AND INFLUENCES - Couverture souple

PANDYA, SAMTA

 
9783838378633: AGEING AND SPIRITUALITY: UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTRUCTION, ENGAGEMENT AND INFLUENCES
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838378636 ISBN 13 : 9783838378633
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The interface of ageing and spirituality is a postulate that deems empirical investigation. This monograph is based on a study of 906 ageing respondents in Mumbai, India, on their constructions of meaning of spirituality, spiritual beliefs, practices, experiences, involvement in spiritual organisations and perceived influences of spirituality on various dimensions of the ageing process. Spirituality was perceived to provide support, aid relationship building and maintenance, facilitate coping with stress and ideas and issues in relation to death and dying. Further it was also viewed as enabling deconstruction of popular notions of ageing, provide a pathway to soul liberation and detachment/ disengagement as a precursor to well being in late life. The study submits that the findings have implications for epistemology of social gerontology in terms of insertions of spirituality facets and for praxis in terms of cognisance of the quintessentiality of spiritually inclined social work practice with ageing individuals.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The interface of ageing and spirituality is a postulate that deems empirical investigation. This monograph is based on a study of 906 ageing respondents in Mumbai, India, on their constructions of meaning of spirituality, spiritual beliefs, practices, experiences, involvement in spiritual organisations and perceived influences of spirituality on various dimensions of the ageing process. Spirituality was perceived to provide support, aid relationship building and maintenance, facilitate coping with stress and ideas and issues in relation to death and dying. Further it was also viewed as enabling deconstruction of popular notions of ageing, provide a pathway to soul liberation and detachment/ disengagement as a precursor to well being in late life. The study submits that the findings have implications for epistemology of social gerontology in terms of insertions of spirituality facets and for praxis in terms of cognisance of the quintessentiality of spiritually inclined social work practice with ageing individuals.

Biographie de l'auteur

Samta Pandya is Assistant Professor,School of Social Work at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. Her areas of interest include ageing issues, religion and spirituality, social theory and ideologies within the larger gamut of social work.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838378636
ISBN 13 
9783838378633
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
180
Coordonnées du fabricant
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