Unique needs: Salvation Army officers in retirement and end-of-life care

Retirement is a major life transition. On this point there is general agreement. But what about retirement for clergy and those who serve in the church? Perhaps a few see ministry as a job; then the change would be much like a worker ceasing paid employment. However, does being ordained, having a re...

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Published in:Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Authors: Stevens, Bruce A. 1950- (Author) ; Bewert, Peter (Author) ; Ma, Jennifer 1963- (Author) ; Salt, Mavis (Author) ; Shaw, Rhonda (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2018]
In: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Further subjects:B Salvation Army officers
B Clergy needs
B Qualitative Research
B retirement of clergy
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:Retirement is a major life transition. On this point there is general agreement. But what about retirement for clergy and those who serve in the church? Perhaps a few see ministry as a job; then the change would be much like a worker ceasing paid employment. However, does being ordained, having a respected leadership role in the church, and serving God bring some unique dynamics to this transition? In this article we try to identify such factors using a large sample of Australian Salvation Army officers.
ISSN:1552-8049
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2017.1344178