Beyond silence and denial : death and dying reconsidered /
Lucy Bregman guides the reader through the wealth of recent literature on death and dying, giving special attention to the autobiographical narratives of terminally ill people and to books offering counsel to the dying, their caregivers, and the bereaved. She argues that this literature should suppl...
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Louisville, Ky. :
Westminster John Knox Press,
©1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. New Words for Death and Dying
- The Roles of Death in Christian Faith
- "Death Is Natural"
- The Contemporary Setting: Medicalization vs. the "Whole Person"
- Death as Loss
- What's Missing? The Disappearance of Death as Punishment
- What's Missing? The Absence of the Afterlife
- Conclusion. Christians and the Death Awareness Movement.