Table of Contents

Ageing and belief; Religion, a constant friend to ageing?; Listening to and expressing belief in later life; Ageing and faith: trajectories across the lifespan; Faith in crisis: facing death; Coping in later life without faith; Religious culture and age: European variation in Christian practice; Religious difference and age: The growing presence of the other great faiths; The role of religious ministry in an ageing society; Ageing and the future of belief.

Ageing and belief; The changing social context of belief in later life; Listening and enabling the sharing of beliefs and values in later life; Ageing and faith: Trajectories across the lifespan; Religious responses in coping with the spousal bereavement; Coping without religious faith: Ageing amoung British humanists; Religious memory and age: European diversity in historical experience of Christianity; Religious difference and age: The growing presence of other faiths; Ageing and the future of belief.

About the Author

Peter G. Coleman is Professor of Psychogerontology at the University of Southampton, a joint appointment between social sciences and medicine. He has published widely on issues of development and mental health in later life, including the role of life review and spiritual belief.

Reviews

"A bold and imaginative volume from the leading scholar in the field. The study provides rich and wide-ranging material on the role of religious and other beliefs in the lives of older people. An outstanding contribution." Chris Phillipson, Professor of Applied Social Studies and Social Gerontology, Keele University