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Embracing age : how Catholic Nuns became models of aging well /

"Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, aging is presented as a "problem," a state to be avoided as long as possible, a state th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Corwin, Anna I. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Colección:Global perspectives on aging series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Being Well in the Convent Prayer and Care in Interaction
  • 1 Life in the Convent
  • 2 Being Is Harder Than Doing The Process of Embracing Aging
  • 3 Talking to God Prayer as Social Support
  • 4 Care, Elderspeak, and Meaningful Engagement
  • Part 2 Shaping Experience The Convent in Sociohistorical Context
  • 5 Changing God, Changing Bodies How Prayer Practices Shape Embodied Experience
  • 6 Spiritual Healing, Meaningful Decline, and Sister Death
  • 7 Kenosis Emptying the Self
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix Transcription Conventions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index