Slower, deeper, wider: what soulful aging means to me

Recently retired as a professor of gerontology, the author reflects on his own experience of aging. Drawing on the sub-field of narrative gerontology, his area of specialization, and on age-related thoughts by writers like Florida Scott-Maxwell, Carl Jung, and Thomas Moore, he weaves together resear...

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Main Author: Randall, William Lowell 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2023
In: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Year: 2023, Volume: 35, Issue: 3, Pages: 262-279
Further subjects:B Aging as adventure
B Life Review
B Gerotranscendence
B Death
B narrative gerontology
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Summary:Recently retired as a professor of gerontology, the author reflects on his own experience of aging. Drawing on the sub-field of narrative gerontology, his area of specialization, and on age-related thoughts by writers like Florida Scott-Maxwell, Carl Jung, and Thomas Moore, he weaves together research concerning Gerotranscendence, Transpersonal Gerontology, and the transformative effects of so-called Near Death Experiences to articulate a vision of aging as, itself, a near-ing death experience. The result is a highly personal meditation on “soulful aging” as a matter of journeying slower, deeper, and wider into the intriguing landscape of later life.
ISSN:1552-8049
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2023.2194247