Approaching the end : a theological exploration of death and dying /

Approaching the end : a theological exploration of death and dying /

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Author / Creator:Jones, David Albert.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description:viii, 241 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Oxford studies in theological ethics
Subject:
Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6622757
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ISBN:9780199287154
0199287155
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-238) and indexes.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Need for a Theological Approach to Death
  • Death, grieving, and killing
  • The contribution of theology
  • The method of the present study
  • 2. In Every Way a Good Thing: Death in the Thought, of Ambrose of Milan
  • Background to the thought of Ambrose of Milan
  • Three deaths
  • Death as bonum
  • Freeing the soul from the body
  • Ambrose's achievement
  • 3. Not Good for Anyone: Death in the Thought of Augustine of Hippo
  • Background to the thought of Augustine of Hippo
  • Three deaths
  • Death as malum
  • Platonism
  • The fall from Eden and the Platonic fall myth
  • 4. An Illuminating Comparison: Augustine and Ambrose on the Theology of Death
  • Striking parallels
  • Paul through the eyes of Ambrose and Augustine
  • Virginity and mortification
  • Suicide and martyrdom
  • Fear of death, grief, and care for the dead
  • Things left unsaid
  • 5. In One Way Natural, in Another Unnatural: Death in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas
  • Background to the thought of Thomas Aquinas
  • Soul and body
  • The separated soul
  • Is death natural?
  • Homicide and suicide
  • Mortal fear
  • Hope of heaven and care for the dead
  • 6. Both Something Suffered and a Human Act: Death in the Thought of Karl Rahner
  • Background to the thought of Karl Rahner
  • An event concerning the human being as a whole
  • The consequence of sin
  • Dying with Christ
  • Martyrdom
  • Lexicons and other influences
  • The development of Rahner's thought
  • Ambrose redivivus?
  • Death as a human act
  • The liberty of the sick
  • The modern problematic
  • 7. Final Reflections
  • Reviewing the central argument
  • Good grief
  • Fearful hope
  • Killing
  • Suicide and martyrdom
  • Assisted suicide and euthanasia
  • Law and public policy
  • Withholding and withdrawing treatment
  • Sustaining the unconscious
  • Making a good death
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Scriptural Index

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