Recently added articles from Generations:
Religious and Spiritual Supports for Late-Life Meaning
Jul 01, 2008; ... For many, religion and spirituality are important resources for coping with the challenges of aging. ...talk of God, talk of faith, makes people squirm. They'd rather gab about their new Hummer ... or American Idol-anything but religion. If you're one of those who's started nibbling at ...
Mortality and Respect: Aging in the Abrahamic Traditions
Jul 01, 2008; ... Implications for elders and families today. Of the world's estimated six and threequarter billion people, about two billion are Christians, somewhere between one and one-anda-half billion are Muslims, and around 12 to 14 million are Jews. Thus almost one-half of people living today are ...
Journeying into Elderhood: Reflections on Growing Old in Asian Cultures
Jul 01, 2008; ... Learning, adjustment, and mentoring. In Asian cultures, the journey into the uncharted realms of elderhood is at its best a pilgrimage-an adventure of continual learning, adjustments, and most important, mentoring what is good and admirable. One such journey and the moral topography that ...
Two Spiritual Journeys Converged
Jul 01, 2008; ... Notes along the way. To journey on our own is to have the time and space to uncover ourselves," observes Alister McGrath (1999, p. 9). "To travel with others is to allow them to identify the strengths and weaknesses we manage to hide from ourselves, and be supported as we try to engage ...
Guest at the Door: Spirit Waiting to Be Invited
Jul 01, 2008; ... How professionals who work with elders can participate effectively in conversations about faith. As I was growing up, my mother taught me that religion and politics were not appropriate topics to discuss in social situations. They were too deeply felt and emotionally laden. Two people ...