Learn to Grow Old - Softcover

Tournier, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0664251900 ISBN 13: 9780664251901

Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991

Synopsis

Paul Tournier offers a variety of suggestions to help make growing old not an end but a new beginning, filled with purpose and hope. He suggests ways to remain active, using leisure to our best advantage and not letting it become a tyrant. He also provides insights on taking up new interests; becoming involved with young people and new ideas; and learning to pray, to meditate, to acquire wisdom, and to increasingly draw strength and inspiration from the reality of divine presence and power.

About this title

Product Description:

Learn to Grow Old In this warm, sensitive, fact-filled book, Paul Tournier deals specifically with many aspects of aging: society's attitude toward the elderly, second careers, the quality of life, financial difficulties, boredom, health, loneliness, and facing death. He maintains the best way to learn to grow old is to prepare for it throughout life. Full description

About the Author:

Paul Tournier was a Swiss physician who acquired a worldwide audience for his work in pastoral counseling. He made a significant contribution to the understanding of psychiatry and its relation to the Christian faith.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0664251900
• ISBN 13: 9780664251901
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300