Note: Front Matter , Contents , List of tables and figures , Notes on contributors , Acknowledgements , Foreword , Introduction , Religion, spirituality, cultural resources and creating meaning , Religious belonging and spiritual questioning: a Western European perspective on ageing and religion , Spirituality: a means for achieving integration in personal and community spheres in an ageing Singapore , Integrating the sacred in creative ageing , Atheist convictions, Christian beliefs or ‘keeping things open’? Patterns of world views among three generations in East German families , Beyond dialogue: entering the fourth space in old age , Norms, values and gerontology , The long road to a moralisation of old age , How to balance generations: solidarity dilemmas in a European perspective , Pension systems and the challenge of population ageing: what does the public think? , Ethos of care and environment in long-stay care settings: impacts on residents’ lives , Engineering substantially prolonged human lifespans: biotechnological enhancement and ethics , Ageing and wisdom? Conflicts and contested developments , Wisdom: a humanist approach to valuing older people , Social practices, moral frameworks and religious values in the lives of older people , ‘Woo-hoo, what a ride!’ Older people, life stories and active ageing , Does eldership mean anything in the contemporary West? , Talk about old age, health and morality , Afterwords , Exploring positive images of ageing: the production of calendars , Gateways to humanistic gerontology , Index , In English