In the course of a lifetime : tracing religious belief, practice, and change / Michele Dillon and Paul Wink.
| Author/creator | Dillon, Michele, 1960- |
| Other author | Wink, Paul, 1952- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2007. |
| Description | xiii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The vibrancy of American religion -- Meet the parents : the family context shaping religious socialization in the 1930s and 1940s -- Adolescent religion in the 1930s and 1940s -- The imprint of individual autonomy on everyday religion in the 1950s -- The ebb and flow of religiousness across the life course -- Individual transformation in religious commitment and meaning -- Spiritual seeking -- The activities, personality, and social attitudes of religious and spiritual individuals in late adulthood -- Spiritual seeking, therapeutic culture, and concern for others -- The buffering role of religion in late adulthood -- American lived religion -- Methodological appendix : measuring religiousness and spiritual seeking in the IHD longitudinal study. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006021748 |
| ISBN | 9780520249004 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520249003 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780520249011 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520249011 (pbk. : alk. paper) |