Religious Coping and Working Past Retirement Age: A Review of the Literature

Abstract

This article examines the published literature on religion, age, and health, and how these variables relate to job satisfaction and working into advanced ages. This review summarizes findings from the following databases: EBSCOhost; Web of Science; PubMed; and Google Scholar. Search terms included various forms of “aging/elderly worker or workforce, workplace religiosity, religion/spirituality and health, and religious coping.” Ninety-two articles employing a variety of methods were reviewed in detail. If plausible links between religious coping methods and working past age 67 can be posited, then a future study of potential predictive capabilities may be warranted.

KEYWORDS:

• aging
• religion
• religious coping
• spirituality
• workforce