The Christian art of dying : learning from Jesus /
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| Author / Creator: | Verhey, Allen. |
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| Imprint: | Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011. |
| Description: | xiii, 409 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8558904 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- Part 1. Medicalized Dying
- 2. From "Tame Death" to "Medicalized Death"
- Tame Death
- Medicalized Dying
- The Triumph of Death in the Medicalization of It
- 3. In Praise of Medicine - and What Went Wrong on the Way to "Medicalization"
- In Praise of Medicine
- From Hippocrates to Bacon to Medicalization
- 4. Challenging "Medicalization": Patient Rights, "Natural Death," and Hospice
- Bioethics and the Movement for Patient Rights
- The Death Awareness Movement and "Natural" Death
- The Hospice Movement
- Conclusion
- 5. The Silence and Surrender of the Church
- Part 2. Ars Moriendi
- 6. Death and the Art of Dying in the Fifteenth Century
- The Black Death and Plague
- The "Great Schism" in the Western Church
- Jean Charlier Gerson and His Pastoral Handbook at Constance
- Ars Moriendi
- 7. The "Commendacion of Death"
- Should We Commend the "Commendacion" of Death?
- 8. The "Temptacions" and the Virtues
- The Temptation to Lose Faith
- The Virtue of Faith
- The Temptation to Despair
- The Virtue of Hope
- The Temptation to Impatience
- The Virtues of Love and Patience
- The Temptation to Pride
- The Virtue of Humility
- The Temptation to Avarice
- The Virtue of "Letting Go"
- The Death of Moriens
- 9. The Temptations and the Virtues: An Assessment
- The Deathbed Drama
- The Virtues
- 10. "Interrogaciones," "Instruccions," and Prayers
- The "Interrogaciones"
- The "Interrogaciones": An Assessment
- The "Instruccion": Christ as Paradigm
- The "Instruccion": An Assessment
- An "Instruccion" to Friends and Caregivers
- An "Instruccion" to Friends and Caregivers: An Assessment
- Prayers
- Prayers: An Assessment
- Part 3. Faith and Faithfulness in the Face of Death: Toward a Contemporary Ars Moriendi
- 11. A "Commendacion" of Life
- The Resurrection
- Israel's Hope and Consolation
- The Resurrection of Jesus
- The Hope of the Church
- Life Is Good - but Not the Greatest Good
- 12. The "Instruccion": Remember and Follow Jesus
- Cautions
- Gethsemane
- No Gethsemane: The Difference John Makes
- The Words from the Cross
- Remembering the Caregivers
- 13. The Virtues for Dying Well
- Faith
- Hope
- Love
- Patience
- Humility
- Letting Go/Serenity/Generosity
- Courage
- Part 4. The Practices of Christian Community and the Practices of Dying Well and Caring Well for the Dying
- 14. Gathering on the Lord's Day
- The Practice of Gathering
- The Practice of Reading Scripture Together
- The Practice of Prayer
- The Practice of the Sacraments
- 15. Some Practices Old and New
- The Practices of Mourning and Comforting
- The Practice of Funerals
- The Practice of Remembering Saints
- The Practice of Catechesis
- The Practice of Advance Directives
- The Practice of Discourse and Discernment
- 16. The Practice of Care
- 17. Last Words
- Subject and Name Index
- Scripture Index
