Living with death and dying

The noted physician and two of her colleagues explain their approaches to and methods of caring for dying patients, especially the young, and their techniques for leading these patients to an under…

The lost image of man

It is they who from their imagination and their heritage fashion work which reflect as well as guide men's destiny. And their art, rather than science or philosophy, is the realm through which is Y…

The denial of death

Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast …

The funeral encyclopedia: a source book

This volume is a source book containing an abundance of all of the materials which are included in the funeral service. The volume is designed to be immediately useful. To this end special attentio…

Death by envy: the evil eye and envy in the Christian tradition

Using ancient Christian and pre-Christian sources, including sociological and antrhopological evidence, the author weaves a fascinating and well-researched tale of the role of envy in Early Christi…

On the theology of death

In seaking to come to some understanding of the theology of death, it is necessary to make prefatory observations which will forestall misunderstanding of the aims and limits of our proposed invest…

Death and immortality

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1-890318-18-3

Collation

134.; 22 cm.

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128.5 PIE d

Death and resurrection: message of the Fathers of the church, v.22, c.1-2

The mystery of death has compelled attention since human history was first recorded and it has been said that the existential truth of religious myth can be measured by its power to solve the probl…

A the cross: meditations on people who were there, c.1-4

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ISBN/ISSN

0-8308-2202-X

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232.96 BAU a.1-4

New meanings of death

Death is the greatest democracy of all. Sooner or later, we shall all participate in it. Even before its actual physical arrival, attitudes toward death influence our individual behavior and social…