The Spirituality of Older People: A Narrative Approach

Abstract

In this paper I establish the shape and importance of life review for older people and offer a summary of the increased intensity of older people's religious experiences. Drawing on the work of Erickson, Jung and Levinson this journey inward is described and a theology of ageing articulated in the shape of the meaning of God's presence in some of the struggles of diminishment. In these narratives I argue is wisdom and an understanding of how religion takes shape in some older people.

Keywords:

• ageing
• diminishment
• life review
• narrative
• pastoral care
• prayer
• spirituality
• struggle
• theology