Religion And Aging In The Indian Tradition

Author : Shrinivas Tilak
Publisher : National Library of Canada
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Aging
ISBN : 0315459565

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Religion and Aging in Indian Tradition [microform] : a Textual Study by Shrinivas Tilak Pdf

"The purpose of the present study is to recover from selected Hindu and Buddhist texts ideas and images of aging and illumine their historical, semantic and metaphysical dimensions. The results of this endeavor indicate that as cultural adaptive systems, both religion and gerontology share a common concern in seeking to provide aging with purpose and meaning. Further, the internal logic and semantics expressing this relationship in the texts examined are governed by the formal and literary modes of simile, metaphor and myth. The analysis of such age-sensitive concepts as jara (aging), asrama (stages of life), kala (time), parinama (change), karma (determinate actions), kama (desire), and vaja (rejuvenatory and revitalizing force) suggest that the bond between the traditional Indian values of life and gerontology is particularly close and mutual."--

Author : Shrinivas Tilak
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1989-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 079140045X

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Religion and Aging in the Indian Tradition by Shrinivas Tilak Pdf

The manner of aging is a cultural construct and there is a specifically Indian way of aging. That way is shown in this book through the anlyses of key concepts--aging (jara), stages of life (asarama), time (kala), determinate deeds (karma), desire (kama), change (parinama), and rejuvenative force (vaja). The author offers important transcultural insights into the realities of aging, disease, and inevitable death faced by all. The composite Inidan religious tradition provides patterns for shaping the aging experience into a meaningful system of vital social values, ethical principles, and life goals, This analysis of the Indian approach provides significant clues for understanding aging in other cultures.

Author : Yashwant Pathak
Publisher : Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Aging
ISBN : 9781934192016

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Meanings of Old Age and Aging in the Tradition of India by Yashwant Pathak Pdf

Successful aging requires not only internal accommodation to one's own system of needs but also reasonable conformity to the demands of one's community. Like the Faustian ancient Indian aspired to have the full experience of the most diverse possibilities of human life. The Buddha saw in this thirst the basic cause of suffering. But Hindus did not dismiss this basic human instinct so easily. They sought to sample every aspect of human experience (albeit with restraint imposed by dharma and limited to a particular stage of life), which allows humans to exhaust them by plumbing their depths fully.

Author : Holly Nelson-Becker
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483315249

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Spirituality, Religion, and Aging by Holly Nelson-Becker Pdf

Spirituality, Religion, and Aging: Illuminations for Therapeutic Practice by Holly Nelson-Becker is a highly integrative book written for students, professionals in aging, ministers, and older adults themselves. Readers will gain the knowledge and skills they need to assess, engage, and address the spiritual and religious needs of older persons. Taking a fresh approach that breaks new ground in the field, the author discusses eight major world religions and covers values and ethics, theories, interventions, health and caregiving, depression and anxiety, dementia, and the end of life. Meditations and exercises throughout the book allow readers to expand and explore their personal understanding of spirituality. Referencing the latest research, the book includes assessments and skill-based tools designed to help practitioners enhance the mental health of older people.

Author : Jyotsna Mirle Kalavar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0815330219

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The Asian Indian Elderly in America by Jyotsna Mirle Kalavar Pdf

Culture shock, role reversal, and adapting to a new society are major challenges for immigrants to meet. For older immigrants, a move to a Western society with a remarkably different sociocultural milieu can be overwhelming and stressful. Perhaps because of the media stereotypes of Asians as the "model minority", the fact that most have immigrated recently, and the assumption that Asian Americans take care of their own, scant attention has been paid to the issues of older Asian immigrants.Acknowledging the diversity among older Asian Indian immigrants to the United States, this book evaluates their life satisfaction. This study conducted with 50 elderly Asian Indian immigrants finds that gender differences in levels of life satisfaction were significant, and that self-assessed health is the strongest predictor of life satisfaction. Other contributors to life satisfaction included reasons for coming to the United States, living arrangement, and social networks. The historical and sociocultural framework for aging in India is presented as a contextualizing exercise for the study of older Asian Indians in the United States. This study addresses the issues of cultural barriers, intergenerational relations, and filial piety, and highlights the implications for gerontological practice.

Author : Harry R. Moody
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412969666

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Aging by Harry R. Moody Pdf

The sixth edition of this student friendy textbook provides both a thorough explanation of the issues, as well as current research and controversies, exploring health care, socioeconomic trends, and the life course. This thoroughly revised new edition contains nine new readings, over 35 new photographs and an instructor′sresource CD.

Author : Chandra M. Mehrotra,Lisa S. Wagner,Chandra Mehrotra
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781135928292

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Aging and Diversity by Chandra M. Mehrotra,Lisa S. Wagner,Chandra Mehrotra Pdf

This new edition has been completely rewritten and includes chapters that address key topics in diversity and aging: research methods, psychological aging; health beliefs, behaviors, and services; health disparities; informal and formal care for older persons; work and retirement; religious affiliation and spirituality; and death, dying, and bereavement. Taking a broad view of diversity, Mehrotra and Wagner discuss elements of diversity such as gender, race or ethnicity, religious affiliation, social class, rural-urban community location and sexual orientation. Including these elements allows them to convey some of the rich complexities of our diverse culture - complexities that provide both challenges to meet the needs of diverse population and opportunities to learn how to live in a pluralistic society. Throughout the book, Mehrotra and Wagner present up-to-date knowledge and scholarship in a way that engages readers in active learning. Rather than simply transmitting information, the authors place ongoing emphasis on developing readers’ knowledge and skills; fostering higher order thinking and encouraging exploration of personal values and attitudes. Distinctive features of the book include: Opening vignettes for each chapter that present a sampling of how the issues to be discussed apply to diverse elders. Active learning experiences that invite readers to interview diverse elders, conduct internet searches, and give an analysis of a case study. Quizzes at the end of the chapters help readers ascertain the extent to which they have learned the material; the key for each quiz includes details about correct and incorrect responses so that additional learning can occur. Aging and Diversity Online boxes interspersed throughout the book provide internet resources that readers may use to find new research and publications. Suggested readings and audiovisual resources given at the end of each chapter serve as a guide to additional information on topics covered in the chapter. This approach of presenting the material will help the readers understand and apply key concepts and principles in ways that will not only improve the lives of older people they serve, but will also enhance their own aging experience.

Author : Holly Nelson-Becker
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483309842

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Spirituality, Religion, and Aging by Holly Nelson-Becker Pdf

Spirituality, Religion, and Aging: Illuminations for Therapeutic Practice by Holly Nelson-Becker is a highly integrative book written for students, professionals in aging, ministers, and older adults themselves. Readers will gain the knowledge and skills they need to assess, engage, and address the spiritual and religious needs of older persons. Taking a fresh approach that breaks new ground in the field, the author discusses eight major world religions and covers values and ethics, theories, interventions, health and caregiving, depression and anxiety, dementia, and the end of life. Meditations and exercises throughout the book allow readers to expand and explore their personal understanding of spirituality. Referencing the latest research, the book includes assessments and skill-based tools designed to help practitioners enhance the mental health of older people.

Author : Susan A. Eisenhandler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780313037726

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Aging and the Religious Dimension by Susan A. Eisenhandler Pdf

Aging and religion has been badly neglected in the field of Gerontology. This book, containing 13 chapters of original theory and research, is devoted to understanding the place that religion and spirituality hold in the lives of elderly persons. The authors, each experts in their own field, approach this issue from their backgrounds in the social sciences and the humanities. Overall this is a ground-breaking collection: It is one of the first attempts to seek to understand the role that religion plays in the lives of elderly persons. Based on their various multi-disciplinary perspectives, the authors make use of a variety of qualitative and quantitative methodologies as well as personal narrative and literature to grapple with this issue. Finally, the book is unique in that it addresses scholars and students, including the educated layman, rather than the professional alone.

Author : Howard Marget Spiro,Mary G. McCrea Curnen,Lee Palmer Wandel
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0300076673

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Facing Death by Howard Marget Spiro,Mary G. McCrea Curnen,Lee Palmer Wandel Pdf

While technology for keeping death at bay has advanced greatly, people are less well informed about how to face death and how to understand or articulate the emotional or spiritual need of the dying. This work aims to help medical personnel and patients to view death as a defining part of life.

Author : Helmut Weiss,Karl H. Federschmidt,Daniël Louw,Linda Sauer Bredvik
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781928314950

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Care, Healing, and, Human Well-Being within Interreligious Discourses by Helmut Weiss,Karl H. Federschmidt,Daniël Louw,Linda Sauer Bredvik Pdf

Care, Healing, and Human Well-Being within Interreligious Discourses is an edited, peer reviewed volume of global perspectives on interreligious approaches to healing and well-being by 23 academics and practitioners from five different faith practices and 13 different cultures. With chapters by counsellors, chaplains, religious thinkers and linguists, the multifaceted nature of the volume provides an expansive approach to spiritual care and counselling. In order to understand the ways in which interreligious encounters can have an enriching effect on our humanity, the volume is divided into four sections that address: methodological questions surrounding spiritual caregiving, perspectives of different faith traditions on care and healing, the challenges to the praxis of care in diverse cultural and political settings and, finally, how spiritual care and healing can be carried out in public places such as the police, the military, and hospitals. The book is an outgrowth of 25 years of experience within the Society for Interreligious Care and Counselling (SIPCC) to promote better understanding and practices of intercultural and interreligious spiritual caregiving.

Author : Peter G. Coleman
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781847424594

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Belief and Ageing by Peter G. Coleman Pdf

This book illustrates the variety of religious, spiritual and other beliefs held by older people, including British Christians, Muslims, Humanists and witnesses of the Soviet persecution of religion.

Author : Jagriti Gangopadhyay
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811627903

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Culture, Context and Aging of Older Indians by Jagriti Gangopadhyay Pdf

This book discusses the intersections between culture, context, and aging. It adopts a socio-cultural lens and highlights emotional, social, and psychological issues of the older adults in urban India. It is set in multiple sites such as Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, and Saskatoon to indicate how different cultural practices and contextual factors play an integral role in determining the course of aging. It also focuses on different narratives such as older adults living with adult children, older adults living with spouse, and older adults living alone to demonstrate the intricate process of growing old. Drawing from various sites and living arrangements of older adults, it sheds light on cultural constructions of growing old, ideas of belonging, the inevitability of death, everyday processes of aging, perceptions associated with growing old in India, acceptance of the aging body, and intergenerational ties in later lives. Given its scope, the book is essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of sociology, demography, and social scientists studying aging.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309254090

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Aging in Asia by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia Pdf

The population of Asia is growing both larger and older. Demographically the most important continent on the world, Asia's population, currently estimated to be 4.2 billion, is expected to increase to about 5.9 billion by 2050. Rapid declines in fertility, together with rising life expectancy, are altering the age structure of the population so that in 2050, for the first time in history, there will be roughly as many people in Asia over the age of 65 as under the age of 15. It is against this backdrop that the Division of Behavioral and Social Research at the U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA) asked the National Research Council (NRC), through the Committee on Population, to undertake a project on advancing behavioral and social research on aging in Asia. Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives is a peer-reviewed collection of papers from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and Thailand that were presented at two conferences organized in conjunction with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, Indonesian Academy of Sciences, and Science Council of Japan; the first conference was hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, and the second conference was hosted by the Indian National Science Academy in New Delhi. The papers in the volume highlight the contributions from new and emerging data initiatives in the region and cover subject areas such as economic growth, labor markets, and consumption; family roles and responsibilities; and labor markets and consumption.

Author : IJIP.In
Publisher : RED'SHINE Publication. Inc
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781365781933

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The International Journal of Indian Psychology, Volume 4, Issue 2, No. 93 by IJIP.In Pdf