Teaching death and dying
By: edited by Christopher M. Moreman.
Contributors: Moreman, Christopher M., 1974-
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780195335224
Subjects: Death -- Religious aspects -- Study and teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section 1: What ought a course on death accomplish?; title: What should a course on death and dying accomplish? : death education in an undergraduate religion course / Lucy Bregman; title: Ethical issues in teaching death and dying : pedagogical aims in end-of-life ethics / Christian Perring; title: Section 4: Practical applications of a course on death; title: Teaching death and dying : a pastoral theological approach / G. Lee Ramsey; title: Death, loss, and bereavement : the role of social work / Estelle Hopmeyer; title: Psychology, grief, and the student / David E. Balk; title: Section 3: Media as teacher and aid to teaching; title: The virtual resurrection : technology, violence, and interpretations of death in a southern university classroom / Diana Walsh Pasulka; title: What would Spielberg do? : using mainstream films to teach visions of the afterlife / Michael McKenzie; title: Section 4: Death in context; title: Death and dying in history / Albert N. Hamscher; title: Teaching outside the classroom : the use of site visits / Kathleen Garces-Foley; title: Section 5: Literatures of death and on death; title: Literature, textbook, and primary source : constructing the reading list / Sarah Pinnock; title: Listen to the dark : death and dying in music, film, and literature / Amir Hussain; title: Love letters to the dead : immortal gifts for the lifelong learner / Dorothy Lander and John Graham-Pole; title: Section 6: Course overviews; title: How death and dying can act as an introduction to world religion / Vanessa R. Sasson; title: Death, dying, and transcendence / Brenda Appleby; title: Section 7: Life after death; title: Life after death : an overview of contemporary beliefs for teachers / Paul Badham; title: Why an investigation of paranormal experience should be an essential component of a course on death / L. Stafford Betty.