Spirituality of later life : on humor and despair / Elizabeth MacKinlay, editor.
Contributor(s): MacKinlay, Elizabeth
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TextPublisher: Binghamton, N.Y. : Haworth Pastoral Press, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: xix, 165 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0789027321 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780789027320 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Older people -- Religious life -- Congresses | Older people -- Pastoral counseling of -- Congresses | Wit and humor -- Religious aspects -- Congresses | Despair -- Religious aspects -- CongressesDDC classification: 259/.3 LOC classification: BL625.4 | .S65 2004Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / James W. Ellor -- Human despair and comic transcendence / Melvin A. Kimble -- The paradoxes of humor and the burdens of despair / Susan H. McFadden -- Life up your hearts : humour and despair in later life / Heather Thomson -- Humour : a way to transcendence in later life? / Elizabeth MacKinlay -- Dementia, identity, and spirituality / John Killick -- Ways of studying religion, spirituality, and aging : the social scientific approach / Elizabeth MacKinlay and Susan H. McFadden -- Spiritual and pastoral care approaches for helping older adults with depression / John White -- 'Just because I can't remember...' : religiousness in older people with dementia / Corinne Trevitt and Elizabeth MacKinlay -- Hope rising out of despair : the spiritual journey of patients admitted to a hospice / Ann Harrington -- Non-speech based pastoral care : a pastoral care program for aged care residents with little or no ability to speak / Elizabeth Vreugdenhil.