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Spirituality and aging

Author: Robert C Atchley
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"A spiritual life, one focused on personal growth and deep human experience, is a major focus and motivator for people over the age of forty. Yet there is a marked lack of rigorous academic study of spirituality's importance in the lives of aging people. Noted gerontologist Robert C. Atchley remedies this problem by developing complex concepts and language about spirituality." "Spirituality and Aging incorporates  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Atchley, Robert C.
Spirituality and aging.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009
(OCoLC)609156775
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert C Atchley
ISBN: 9780801891199 0801891191
OCLC Number: 228631797
Awards: Winner of Gerontologial Society of America Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award 2009.
Description: xvi, 199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Basic frames of reference --
Spiritual journeying --
Examples using an expanded view.
Responsibility: Robert C. Atchley.
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