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Finding their way: A qualitative study of life course experiences of lesbian older adults with religion and spirituality.

机译：找到自己的路：对具有宗教信仰和精神信仰的女同性恋老年人的人生历程进行定性研究。

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Two streams of gerontological research suggest that religiosity increases in the latter years of life and that religiosity contributes positively to the well being of older adults. A separate line of research suggests that gay and lesbian persons experience significant conflict with religion and points to a variety of strategies for reconciling with religion, including turning away from it: in fact, research suggests that most gays and lesbians identify as either nonreligious or as spiritual, but not religious. However, the gerontological research on religion has not asked about sexual orientation and the research among gays and lesbians has focused on younger persons. As a result, it's unclear how the vexed relationship that gays and lesbians have with religion impacts involvement with religion or well being over their life courses.;This exploratory study begins to fill research gaps. Through conversations with twenty lesbian older adults (60 years of age and above), purposefully selected to represent a range of religious identifications, including the nonreligious and spiritual, this qualitative study explored how lesbian older adults have engaged with religion and spirituality across their life courses.;The study reflected back on extant research, and other findings emerged as well. Participants did not increase in religiosity as they aged, nor did there seem to be a positive relationship between religiosity and well being. And, contrary to what might have been expected, few reported that religious conflict impacted religious identities or affiliations including those that identified as nonreligious or spiritual. On balance, participants reported more positive experiences than negative with religion. Nonetheless, participants faced challenges, and they adopted strategies to engage with religion that were conditioned by their sexual orientation: for example, all did work to either dismiss or explain religious doctrine that condemned homosexuality and most traveled long distances to attend services in gay-safe religious and spiritual congregations.;Religion and spirituality met many needs, including providing refuge from homophobia experienced in the general society. However, participants engaged strategically with religion because homophobia continues to exist in subtle and not-so-subtle forms in the majority of mainstream religious congregations.
机译：两项老年医学研究表明，宗教信仰在生命的后期增加，宗教信仰对老年人的健康有积极贡献。另有研究表明，男女同性恋者与宗教之间存在重大冲突，并指出了各种与宗教和解的策略，包括摒弃了这一策略：实际上，研究表明，大多数男女同性恋者都将自己认定为非宗教或非宗教。属灵的，但不是宗教的。但是，有关宗教的老年医学研究并未询问性取向，而男女同性恋者的研究主要针对年轻人。结果，尚不清楚男女同性恋者与宗教的烦恼关系如何影响他们对宗教或幸福感的参与。这项探索性研究开始填补研究空白​​。通过与二十位女同性恋老年人（60岁及以上）的对话，有意地选择代表各种宗教认同，包括非宗教和精神信仰，这项定性研究探索了女同性恋老年人如何在其整个人生历程中与宗教和灵性互动。;研究反映了现有研究，并且也出现了其他发现。随着年龄的增长，参与者的宗教信仰并没有增加，宗教信仰与幸福感之间似乎也没有积极的关系。而且，与所预期的相反，很少有人报告说宗教冲突影响了宗教身份或从属关系，包括那些被认定为非宗教或精神上的宗教或身份。总体而言，参与者报告说，宗教方面的积极经历多于消极经历。尽管如此，参与者仍面临挑战，他们采取了以性取向为条件的宗教交往策略：例如，所有人都为消除或解释谴责同性恋和大多数人长途跋涉参加同性恋安全服务的宗教学说而努力。宗教和精神信仰满足了许多需求，包括避开了一般社会中的恐同症。但是，参与者策略性地参与了宗教活动，因为同性恋恐惧症在大多数主流宗教会众中继续以微妙和不太微妙的形式存在。

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    White, Wanda S.;

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    University of California, Los Angeles.;

  • 授予单位 University of California, Los Angeles.;
  • 学科 Sociology Public and Social Welfare.;Religion General.;Womens Studies.;Gender Studies.;Gerontology.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2008
  • 页码 277 p.
  • 总页数 277
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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