Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of tables and figures v
4. Notes on contributors vi
5. Acknowledgements x
6. Foreword xi
7. Introduction 1
8. Religion, spirituality, cultural resources and creating meaning
9. Religious belonging and spiritual questioning: a Western European perspective on ageing and religion 23
10. Spirituality: a means for achieving integration in personal and community spheres in an ageing Singapore 37
11. Integrating the sacred in creative ageing 51
12. Atheist convictions, Christian beliefs or ‘keeping things open’? Patterns of world views among three generations in East German families 73
13. Beyond dialogue: entering the fourth space in old age 91
14. Norms, values and gerontology
15. The long road to a moralisation of old age 107
16. How to balance generations: solidarity dilemmas in a European perspective 123
17. Pension systems and the challenge of population ageing: what does the public think? 139
18. Ethos of care and environment in long-stay care settings: impacts on residents’ lives 161
19. Engineering substantially prolonged human lifespans: biotechnological enhancement and ethics 177
20. Ageing and wisdom? Conflicts and contested developments
21. Wisdom: a humanist approach to valuing older people 201
22. Social practices, moral frameworks and religious values in the lives of older people 217
23. ‘Woo-hoo, what a ride!’ Older people, life stories and active ageing 233
24. Does eldership mean anything in the contemporary West? 249
25. Talk about old age, health and morality 261
26. Afterwords
27. Exploring positive images of ageing: the production of calendars 277
28. Gateways to humanistic gerontology 283
29. Index 289