The Christian art of dying
Subtitle: learning from Jesus
By: Allen Verhey
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780802866721
Subjects: Death; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Medicalized dying; title: From "tame death" to "medicalized death"; title: In praise of medicine : and what went wrong on the way to "medicalization"; title: Challenging "medicalization" : patient rights, "natural death," and hospice; title: The silence and surrender of the church; title: Part 2. Ars moriendi; title: Death and the art of dying in the fifteenth century; title: The "commendation of death"; title: The "temptacions" and the virtues; title: The temptations and the virtues : an assessment; title: "Interrogaciones," "instructions," and prayers; title: Part 3. Faith and faithfulness in the face of death : toward a contemporary ars moriendi; title: A "commendacion" of life; title: The "instruction" : remember and follow Jesus; title: The virtues for dying well; title: Part 4. The practices of Christian community and the practices of dying well and caring well for the dying; title: Gathering on the Lord's day; title: Some practices old and new; title: The practice of care; title: Last words.