Solitude and prayer in the late lives of elder catholic women religious: Activity, withdrawal, or transcendence?

Journal of Religious Gerontology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-63

  Melia, Susan Perschbacher ^a  

^a ASSUMPTION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catholic; Older women; Prayer; Solitude; Transcendence

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844465914     PISSN: 10502289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J078v13n01_05     Document Type: Article

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