Religion and fear of death among older Dutch adults
A qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with 26 older Dutch participants was performed to elucidate the complex relationship between religion and death anxiety. Whereas participants expressed seven types of lived religion (lacking, lost, liminal, loose, learned, lasting, and liquid religion...
| Published in: | Journal of religion, spirituality & aging |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Routledge
2019
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| In: |
Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Netherlands
/ Adult
/ Mortal fear
/ Religiosity
/ Belief in the hereafter
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality KBD Benelux countries ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
Lived Religion
B Older Adults B Death B Death Anxiety B afterlife beliefs |
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| Summary: | A qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with 26 older Dutch participants was performed to elucidate the complex relationship between religion and death anxiety. Whereas participants expressed seven types of lived religion (lacking, lost, liminal, loose, learned, lasting, and liquid religion), only participants with loose or lost religion expressed death anxiety. This supports previous research indicating that moderately religious people fear death more than nonbelievers or highly religious people. Moreover, the naturalness of death, the length of their life span, the death of others, the goodness of life, and the hope to live on in others also provided acceptance of death. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-8049 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2018.1446068 |