A Commonsense Book of Death
A Commonsense Book of Death

Author: Edwin S. Shneidman

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780742563315

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A distinguished lifelong thanatologist--expert on death--reviews his life, a previous prize-winning book of thirty five years ago, and his own impending death in this extraordinary volume of life's most ubiquitous event.

The Power of Death
The Power of Death

Author: Maria-José Blanco

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1782384340

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The social and cultural changes of the last century have transformed death from an everyday fact to something hidden from view. Shifting between the practical and the theoretical, the professional and the intimate, the real and the fictitious, this collection of essays explores the continued power of death over our lives. It examines the idea and experience of death from an interdisciplinary perspective, including studies of changing burial customs throughout Europe; an account of a“dying party” in the Netherlands; examinations of the fascination with violent death in crime fiction and the phenomenon of serial killer art; analyses of death and bereavement in poetry, fiction, and autobiography; and a look at audience reactions to depictions of death on screen. By studying and considering how death is thought about in the contemporary era, we might restore the natural place it has in our lives.

Matters of Life and Death
Matters of Life and Death

Author: Salman Akhtar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0429916124

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This book focuses on the intrapsychic vicissitudes of what it means to be truly alive and how death accompanies us at each step of our life's journey. It shows that, psychologically-speaking, death is always present in life and life in death.

Struck
Struck

Author: Russ Ramsey

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2017-03-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0830844945

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What happens when you come face-to-face with your mortality? As Russ Ramsey faced the possibility of death, he grappled with fear, anger, depression, and loss, and yet he experienced grace that filled him with a hope and hunger for the life to come. This profoundly eloquent memoir reveals that in the midst of pain, we can see glimpses of eternity.

Reflections on Death
Reflections on Death

Author: William Dodd

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781437080506

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Into the Depths
Into the Depths

Author: Rosie Deedes

Publisher: Sacristy Press

Published: 2019-08-15

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1789590329

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Drawing on her experience of chaplaincy in prison, hospice and university contexts, Rosie Deedes reflects on the nature of good pastoral care and chaplaincy as a model of ministry for our time.