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Embracing age : how Catholic Nuns became models of aging well

Corwin, Anna I., author

2021

Overview

\"Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, aging is presented as a \"problem,\" a state to be avoided as long as possible, a state that threatens one's ability to maintain independence, autonomy, control over one's surroundings. Aging \"well\" (or avoiding aging) has become a 21st century American preoccupation. Embracing Age provides a window into the everyday lives of American Catholic nuns who experience longevity and remarkable health and well-being at the end of life. Catholic nuns aren't only healthier in older age, they are healthier because they practice a culture of acceptance and grace around aging. Embracing Age demonstrates how aging in the convent becomes understood by the nuns to be a natural part of the life course, not one to be feared or avoided. Anna I. Corwin shows readers how Catholic nuns create a cultural community that provides a model for how to grow old, decline, and die that is both embedded in American culture and quite distinct from other American models\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Subject: School Sisters of Notre Dame. / Aging Religious aspects Catholic Church. / Monastic and religious life of women United States. / Aging United States. / Nuns Religious life. / RELIGION - Christian Theology - General. / Aging. / Monastic and religious life of women. / United States.
• ISBN: 9781978822276, 1978822278, 9781978822283, 1978822286

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BV4580 .C585 2021	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE