Religion and fear of death among older Dutch adults

A qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with 26 older Dutch participants was performed to elucidate the complex relationship between religion and death anxiety. Whereas participants expressed seven types of lived religion (lacking, lost, liminal, loose, learned, lasting, and liquid religion...

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主要作者: Fortuin, Nienke P. M. (Author)
其他作者: Schilderman, Johannes B. A. M. ; Venbrux, Eric 1960- (Author)
格式: 电子 文件
语言:English
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出版: 2019
In: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Year: 2019, 卷: 31, 发布: 3, Pages: 236-254
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Niederlande / 较年长人士 / 对死亡的恐惧 / 宗教性 / 相信来世
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
KBD Benelux countries
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B Lived Religion
B Older Adults
B Death
B Death Anxiety
B afterlife beliefs
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总结:A qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with 26 older Dutch participants was performed to elucidate the complex relationship between religion and death anxiety. Whereas participants expressed seven types of lived religion (lacking, lost, liminal, loose, learned, lasting, and liquid religion), only participants with loose or lost religion expressed death anxiety. This supports previous research indicating that moderately religious people fear death more than nonbelievers or highly religious people. Moreover, the naturalness of death, the length of their life span, the death of others, the goodness of life, and the hope to live on in others also provided acceptance of death.
ISSN:1552-8049
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2018.1446068