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1 online resource |
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Global perspectives on aging |
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Global perspectives on aging series.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Being Well in the Convent Prayer and Care in Interaction -- 1 Life in the Convent -- 2 Being Is Harder Than Doing The Process of Embracing Aging -- 3 Talking to God Prayer as Social Support -- 4 Care, Elderspeak, and Meaningful Engagement -- Part 2 Shaping Experience The Convent in Sociohistorical Context -- 5 Changing God, Changing Bodies How Prayer Practices Shape Embodied Experience -- 6 Spiritual Healing, Meaningful Decline, and Sister Death -- 7 Kenosis Emptying the Self -- Conclusion -- Appendix Transcription Conventions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
"Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, aging is presented as a "problem," a state to be avoided as long as possible, a state that threatens one's ability to maintain independence, autonomy, control over one's surroundings. Aging "well" (or avoiding aging) has become a 21st century American preoccupation. Embracing Age provides a window into the everyday lives of American Catholic nuns who experience longevity and remarkable health and well-being at the end of life. Catholic nuns aren't only healthier in older age, they are healthier because they practice a culture of acceptance and grace around aging. Embracing Age demonstrates how aging in the convent becomes understood by the nuns to be a natural part of the life course, not one to be feared or avoided. Anna I. Corwin shows readers how Catholic nuns create a cultural community that provides a model for how to grow old, decline, and die that is both embedded in American culture and quite distinct from other American models"-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
age, ageist, ageism, old, old people, grandparent, grandmother, grandfather, elder, elderly, older, old age, wrinkle, wrinkles, medicare, social security, public policy, midlife, dementia, suicide, social movement, social justice, health, anti-aging, prevention, public health, exercise, independence, control aging, prevent aging, aging, Catholocism, Catholic nuns, nuns, embracing age, age studies, religion, spiritual healing, elderspeak |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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School Sisters of Notre Dame.
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| SUBJECT |
School Sisters of Notre Dame fast |
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Aging -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Monastic and religious life of women -- United States
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Aging -- United States
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Nuns -- Religious life
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Electronic books.
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e-books.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- General.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General.
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Aging
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Aging -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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Monastic and religious life of women
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Nuns -- Religious life
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781978822290 |
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1978822294 |
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9781978822313 |
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1978822316 |
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