The search for meaning in later life: On the connection between religious narratives and narratives of aging
Older adults' life stories are often connected with religious stories. In-depth interviews with 26 older Dutch adults indicate three groups of religious narratives (experiential, ontological, and critical narratives) and three master narratives of aging (active aging, decline, and inner growth)...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2020
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| In: |
Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-24 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old person (60-80 years, motif)
/ Meaning of life
/ Religiosity
/ Narrative (Social sciences)
/ Course of life
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
cultural narratives
B religious narratives B Aging B Religion B narratives of aging |
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| Summary: | Older adults' life stories are often connected with religious stories. In-depth interviews with 26 older Dutch adults indicate three groups of religious narratives (experiential, ontological, and critical narratives) and three master narratives of aging (active aging, decline, and inner growth). The narrative of aging as inner growth, which strives for a balance between opposites, offers a way out of the polarity between active aging and aging as decline. Kendall's tau-b correlation analysis shows that relative use of affirmative religious narratives tends to be positively correlated with relative use of supportive and negatively correlated with use of invalidating narratives of aging. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-8049 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2018.1553225 |