Recapturing the power of ritual to enhance community in aging
Ritual returns us to the center of who we are. In times of transition, loss, disconnection, and loneliness, ritual offers transformative power. It can provide a language for expression, stability, serve an integrating force in community, mediate tradition, and offer emotional support. This article e...
| Publié dans: | Journal of religion, spirituality & aging |
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| Auteurs: | ; |
| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge
2019
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| Dans: |
Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Gerontologia
/ Ritual
/ Comunidade
/ Adulto
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions AG Vie religieuse |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Loss
B Religião B Ritual B Aging B Transition |
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| Résumé: | Ritual returns us to the center of who we are. In times of transition, loss, disconnection, and loneliness, ritual offers transformative power. It can provide a language for expression, stability, serve an integrating force in community, mediate tradition, and offer emotional support. This article explores the need for ritual in coping with late life changes, the relationship of ritual to suffering, value of ritual in storytelling and mourning, and explains the role of witness facilitated through community. Therapeutic functions of ritual are addressed and a framework for ritual design is suggested. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-8049 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2018.1532858 |