This article presents ideas for infusing spirituality and aging into all curricular areas. It also reports on the development, process, and evaluative results of an elective course entitled, “Spirituality and Aging.” Spirituality and aging directly and personally affect every student, whether the student is young or older, religious or nonreligious. Because spirituality and religion address in diverse ways the age-related issues of dependence, mortality, and meaning of life, aging becomes a complementary topic. Combining a currently popular topic like spirituality with one that is still avoided because of ageism, gerontophobia, and the American orientation toward youth influenced the creation of an elective course that registered significant numbers, satisfied the students (mean satisfaction 4.93 of 5), and encouraged students to consider the positive aspects of aging.

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