Ageing and frailty: a spiritual perspective of the lived experience

Frailty awaits many of us if we live long enough. Frailty may often be seen as a precursor to the process of dying and as such can be a confronting life and death challenge; one that we cannot fully comprehend until or unless we are experiencing it ourselves. It is only through listening to the narr...

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Main Author: MacKinlay, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2021
In: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 236-249
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Aging / Course of life / Fragility / Self-image / Psychosocial health / Spirituality
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B inner strength
B Spirituality
B Aging
B Frailty
B Self-transcendence
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