The role of death in life
Subtitle: a multidisciplinary examination of the relationship between life and death
By: edited by John Behr and Conor Cunningham
Series: Veritas -- 15; Veritas (Eugene, Oregon) -- 15.
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781498209588
Subjects: Life; Death; Christianity
Description: The relation between life and death is a subject of perennial relevance for all human beings -- and indeed, the whole world and the entire universe, in as much as, according to the saying of ancient Greek philosophy, all things that come into being pass away. Yet it is also a topic of increasing complexity, for life and death now appear to be more intertwined than previously or commonly thought. Moreover, the relation between life and death is also one of increasing urgency, as through the twin phenomena of an increase in longevity unprecedented in human history and the rendering of death, dying, and the dead person all but invisible, people living in the industrialized and post-industrialized Western world of today have lost touch with the reality of death. This radically new situation, and predicament, has implications -- medical, ethical, economic, philosophical, and, not least, theological -- that have barely begun to be addressed. This volume gathers together essays by a distinguished and diverse group of scientists, theologians, philosophers, and health practitioners, originally presented in a symposium sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189).
Table of contents: title: I. Perspectives from Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biology :; title: 1. Made of star-stuff : the origin of the chemical elements in life / Alexei V. Filippenko; title: 2. A biochemical perspective on the origin of life and death / Luc Jaeger; title: II. Perspective from Anthroplogy :; title: 3. Immortality / Douglas Davies; title: III. Perspectives from Philosophy :; title: 4. Suffering death / Emmanuel Falque; title: 5. How do we become fully alive? : the role of death in Henry's phenomenology of life / Christina Gschwandtner; title: IV. Perspectives from Theology :; title: 6. Life and death in an age of martyrdom / John Behr; title: 7. New life as life out of death : sharing in the "exchange of natures" in the person of Christ / Henry Novello; title: 8. Is there life before death? / Conof Cunningham; title: V. Perspectives from medicine and bioethics :; title: 9. The kenosis of the dying : an invitation to healing / Daniel Hinshaw; title: 10. On medical corpses and resurrected bodies / Jeffrey Bishop.