Religion in an Ageing Society: The Role and Challenges of Religious Belonging in an Ageing Society

by Susan Benbow, Paul Kingston F, Peter Kevern, et al.

Two convictions underlie this book. The first is that religious communities in a secular, pluralist society with an ageing population share some important features and respond to the challenges in similar ways. The second is that aged people may share a spirituality, insights and wisdom regardless of which religious group (if any) formally claims their allegiance. For these reasons, there are important lessons to be learned by viewing ageing through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409461084
• ISBN13: 9781409461081
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages