The spirituality of age : a seeker's guide to growing older

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The spirituality of age : a seeker's guide to growing older

Title remainder

a seeker's guide to growing older

Statement of responsibility

Robert L. Weber, Ph. D., and Carol Orsborn, Ph. D

Creator

• Weber, Robert L

Contributor

• trueOrsborn, Carol

Subject

• trueAging -- Religious aspects
• BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Inspiration & Personal Growth
• Older people -- Conduct of life
• Older people -- Conduct of life
• Aging -- Religious aspects
• SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth | Happiness
• Self-realization in old age
• Self-realization in old age
• SELF-HELP -- Aging

Language

eng

Summary

• "A compassionate guide for transforming aging into spiritual growth [bullet] Engage with 25 key questions guiding you to mine previously untapped veins of inspiration and courage [bullet] Find a constructive role for regret and fear and embrace the freedom to become more fully yourself [bullet] Draw from both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions and the latest research in psychological and religious theory to cultivate your spiritual potential As we enter the years beyond midlife, our quest for an approach to aging takes on added urgency and becomes even more relevant in our daily lives. Empowering a new generation of seekers to view aging as a spiritual path, authors Robert Weber and Carol Orsborn reveal that it is by engaging with the difficult questions about loss, meaning, and mortality--questions we can no longer put off or ignore--that we continue to grow. In fact, the realization of our full spiritual potential comes about not by avoiding the challenges aging brings our way but by working through them. Addressing head-on how to make the transition from fears about aging into a fuller, richer appreciation of the next phase of our lives, the authors guide you through 25 key questions that can help you embrace the shadow side of aging as well as the spiritual opportunities inherent in growing older. Sharing their stories and wisdom to both teach and demonstrate what it means to feel energized about the possibilities of your later years, they explore how to find a constructive role for regret, shame, and guilt, realize your value to society, and embrace the freedom of your later years to become more fully yourself. Coming from Catholic Jesuit and Jewish backgrounds respectively, as well as drawing from the latest research in psychological and religious theory, Weber and Orsborn provide their own conversational and candid answers to the 25 key questions, supporting their insightful and compassionate guidance with anecdotes, inspirational readings, and spiritual exercises. By engaging deeply with both the shadow and light sides of aging, our spirits not only learn to cope--but also to soar"--
• "A compassionate guide for transforming aging into spiritual growth Invites readers to engage with 25 key questions that guide them to mine previously untapped veins of inspiration and courage. Draws from both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions and the latest research in psychological and religious theory to cultivate spiritual potential"--

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DLC

Dewey number

155.67/19

Index

no index present

LC call number

BF724.85.S45

LC item number

W43 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography