Jewish Visions for Aging: A Professional Guide for Fostering Wholeness
From the rapidly changing retirement years to the sometimes wrenching challenges of dementia and chronic illness, spiritual questions and needs are central??????and today's elders and caregivers are searching for meaning, purpose, and community within Jewish tradition. With timely??????and timeless??????wisdom, this rich resource probes Jewish texts, spirituality and observances, uncovering a deep, never-before-realized approach to caring for the aging and the elderly with a refreshing and inspiring vitality. The insights spanning textual analysis as well as spiritual and pastoral perspectives provide practical guidance in spiritual care and…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Borowitz, Eugene B. (Ausw.) / Cole, Thomas R. (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-1-58023-348-4
- EAN: 9781580233484
- Produktnummer: 3179534
- Verlag: Jewish Lights Pub
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 236 S.
- Masse: H23.9 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.3 cm 499 g
- Gewicht: 499
Über den Autor
Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, MSW, MA, BCC, is a pioneer in forging a fresh vision for the second half of life. She is a spiritual leader, social innovator, scholar, author of Jewish Visions for Aging: A Professional Guide to Fostering Wholeness and editor of Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources. She founded and directed Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Rabbi Friedman offers training, consulting and spiritual guidance through Growing Older (www.growingolder.co), her Philadelphia-based national practice.Rabbi Friedman is available to speak to your group or at your event. For more information, please contact us at (802) 457-4000 or publicity@jewishlights.com.Thomas R. Cole, PhD, is the McGovern Chair of Medical Humanities and director of the Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. He is the author and editor of many books and articles on humanistic gerontology, including The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging in America.Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz is the Sigmund L. Falk Distinguished Professor of Education and Jewish Religious Thought at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City, where he was ordained. His books include Renewing the Covenant: A Theology for the Postmodern Jew and A Touch of the Sacred: A Theologian's Informal Guide to Jewish Belief (Jewish Lights).
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