Boomers & aging

Seeking & recognizing spiritual resources

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21176385
AutoresJane Kuepfer (0000-0002-0569-6831, University of Waterloo, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume32
Fascículo3
Páginas224-246
Data de publicação2020-07-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1552-8030 • E-ISSN: 1552-8049
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15528030.2019.1608491
OpenAlexW2944524753
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas30

This narrative study discerned the spiritual resources that will accompany baby boomers into their later years. Twelve participants (six men and six women, born between 1946 and 1955 in Ontario, Canada) reflected on their lives and what has sustained them and will sustain them in the future. Spiritual resources were ultimately defined as those things, both internal and external, that address deep human need for such spiritual values as love, hope, peace, and joy. While valuing aspects of traditional religion, with openness to explore and learn, themes of “Self,” “Someone,” and “Space” frame these boomers’ further reflections

Art · Baby boomers · Economics · Environmental ethics · Literature · Narrative · Openness to experience · Sociology · Aging and Gerontology Research · Gender Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology