Ageing, Ritual and Social Change : Comparing the Secular and Religious in Eastern and Western Europe / edited by Peter Coleman, Daniela Koleva, Joanna Bornat.
Contributor(s): Coleman, Peter G
| Koleva, Daniela | Bornat, Joanna
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TextSeries: Ashgate AHRC/ESRC religion and society series: Publisher: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington : Ashgate Publishing, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: xv, 283 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781409452140 (hardback : alk. paper); 140945214X (hardback : alk. paper); 9781409452157 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1409452158 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Older people -- Religious life | Aging -- Religious aspects | Aging -- EuropeDDC classification: 200.84/6 Bibliography, 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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John Bulow Campbell Library | Midrange | BL625.4 .A34 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182903463392 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Setting the scene -- Introduction: Ageing and Ritual in a Changing Europe / Peter G. Coleman, Daniela Koleva and Joanna Bornat -- The Challenge of Difference: Approaching Comparative Oral History / Joanna Bornat -- Part II: Ritual and story in Bulgaria, Romania, and the UK -- 'I Will Die Orthodox': Religion and Belonging in Life Stories of the Socialist Era in Romania and Bulgaria / Simina Bădică -- 'God Can Wait': Composing Non-Religious Narratives in Secular and Post-Communist Societies / Hilary Young -- Ineffable Silence and the Sacred: Crucial Moments in Life Histories / Sidonia Grama -- Performing Social Normativity: Religious Rituals in Secular Lives / Daniela Koleva -- Part III: Death and loss -- Personal Ideologies of Death: Shaping the (Post)Self in Rituals / Galina Goncharova -- Belief in the Context of Bereavement: The Potential Therapeutic Properties Associated with Religious Belief and Ritual / John H. Spreadbury -- Part IV: Gendered ageing and religion -- Social Change and Well-being: The Place of Religion in Older Bulgarian Men's Lives / Ignat C. Petrov and Peter G. Coleman -- Religiosity and Women's Ageing: Biographical Perspectives / Teodora Karamelska -- Part V: Review and conclusionas -- Ritual in the Changing Lives in the Very Old / Peter G. Coleman, Sidonia Grama and Ignat C. Petrov -- Reflections on the Study: Why are there No Simple Answers? / Joanna Bornat and Daniel Koleva.