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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Corwin, Anna I. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Series:Global perspectives on aging series.
Subjects:
School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Aging > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Monastic and religious life of women > United States.
Aging > United States.
Nuns > Religious life.
Vieillissement > Aspect religieux > Église catholique.
Vie religieuse et monastique féminine > États-Unis.
Vieillissement > États-Unis.
Religieuses > Vie religieuse.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > General.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > General.
Aging.
Monastic and religious life of women.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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