A framework for understanding spirituality and healthy ageing: perspectives from Aotearoa New Zealand
Spirituality permeates our land, our waters, and our people; it is inherent in Māori culture, often explicit for new migrants, but frequently ignored or tokenistically acknowledged in mainstream culture. Older New Zealanders are a pluralistic population, often fiercely secular, with a small but acti...
| Published in: | Journal of religion, spirituality & aging |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2021
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| In: |
Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 112-126 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New Zealand
/ Maori
/ Spirituality
/ Aging
/ Wellness
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions KBS Australia; Oceania |
| Further subjects: | B
New Zealand
B Māori B Spirituality B Health Promotion B Pacific B Ageing |
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| Summary: | Spirituality permeates our land, our waters, and our people; it is inherent in Māori culture, often explicit for new migrants, but frequently ignored or tokenistically acknowledged in mainstream culture. Older New Zealanders are a pluralistic population, often fiercely secular, with a small but active religious population. How we now treat our elders requires work, needs careful consideration, and vision. As a country, New Zealand has embraced the notion of ‘well-being’, with the first ‘well-being budget’ announced in 2019. But well-being, or hauora as it is known for Māori, is incomplete without spirituality. This paper examines the place of spirituality, based on understandings and observations grounded in the New Zealand context, which comprises four interrelated areas: zeitgeist, scope and definitions, models, and evidence. We suggest this framework is a useful approach to examining what can be an ineffable personal experience and challenge to society’s provision of aged care and healthy ageing. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-8049 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2020.1843588 |