The Christian art of dying : learning from Jesus /
Verhey, Allen.
The Christian art of dying : learning from Jesus / Allen Verhey. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011. - xiii, 409 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Medicalized dying -- From "tame death" to "medicalized death" -- In praise of medicine : and what went wrong on the way to "medicalization" -- Challenging "medicalization" : patient rights, "natural death," and hospice -- The silence and surrender of the church -- Part 2. Ars moriendi -- Death and the art of dying in the fifteenth century -- The "commendation of death" -- The "temptacions" and the virtues -- The temptations and the virtues : an assessment -- "Interrogaciones," "instructions," and prayers -- Part 3. Faith and faithfulness in the face of death : toward a contemporary ars moriendi -- A "commendacion" of life -- The "instruction" : remember and follow Jesus -- The virtues for dying well -- Part 4. The practices of Christian community and the practices of dying well and caring well for the dying -- Gathering on the Lord's day -- Some practices old and new -- The practice of care -- Last words.
9780802866721 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802866727 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2011015870
015884771 Uk
Ars moriendi.
Geschichte.
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BT825.V47 2011 / 14448
241/.69709
The Christian art of dying : learning from Jesus / Allen Verhey. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011. - xiii, 409 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Medicalized dying -- From "tame death" to "medicalized death" -- In praise of medicine : and what went wrong on the way to "medicalization" -- Challenging "medicalization" : patient rights, "natural death," and hospice -- The silence and surrender of the church -- Part 2. Ars moriendi -- Death and the art of dying in the fifteenth century -- The "commendation of death" -- The "temptacions" and the virtues -- The temptations and the virtues : an assessment -- "Interrogaciones," "instructions," and prayers -- Part 3. Faith and faithfulness in the face of death : toward a contemporary ars moriendi -- A "commendacion" of life -- The "instruction" : remember and follow Jesus -- The virtues for dying well -- Part 4. The practices of Christian community and the practices of dying well and caring well for the dying -- Gathering on the Lord's day -- Some practices old and new -- The practice of care -- Last words.
9780802866721 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802866727 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2011015870
015884771 Uk
Ars moriendi.
Geschichte.
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BT825.V47 2011 / 14448
241/.69709