Humility, Lifetime Trauma, and Change in Religious Doubt Among Older Adults

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1002-1016

  Krause, Neal ^a   Hayward, R David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Humility; Religious doubt; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SPIRITUALITY; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84869872675     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-012-9576-y     Document Type: Article

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