Open AccessReligious Gerontology: trends and prospects in the realities of an aging society
Author(s) -
Angelina Angelova
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2016.80.727
Subject(s) - religiosity , spirituality , perspective (graphical) , subject matter , sociology , subject (documents) , gerontology , environmental ethics , political science , social science , medicine , law , library science , alternative medicine , pedagogy , philosophy , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , curriculum
The publication of Angelova A. «Religious Gerontology: trends and prospects in the realities of an aging society» is devoted to the history of the emergence, development and also to the elucidation of the subject matter of the latest interdisciplinary section of religious studies. The main problems of religious gerontology are defined and classified, its perspective theoretical and applied directions are designated. The importance of actively popularizing the findings of western gerontologists on the issues of spirituality, religiosity and aging was underscored. The need for such studies on domestic soil is declared, as it can positively influence the difficult gerontological situation that has established in Ukraine.