Meaningful Funerals: Meeting the Theological and Pastoral Challenge in a Postmodern Era
Author:   Ewan Kelly
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781906286149


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   18 August 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Ewan Kelly
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Mowbray
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9781906286149


ISBN 10:   1906286140
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   18 August 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The postmodern context and the recognition of a need for ritual 3. Grieving in a postmodern era 4. Being and doing in the pastoral and spiritual care of the bereaved 5. Ritualising death - formal and informal moments 6. Co-construction - meeting spiritual needs and facilitating grief 7. Co-construction - opportunities for the church 8. Paradigm shifts Appendix: Ritual resources - sacred and secular

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Review in Church Times, February 2009 Mention -Book News, November 2008 .. .the possibility should be offered and planned for, if we take the research and insights of this book as seriously as it deserves. Theology, November 2009


. ..the possibility should be offered and planned for, if we take the research and insights of this book as seriously as it deserves. Theology, November 2009


.. .the possibility should be offered and planned for, if we take the research and insights of this book as seriously as it deserves. Theology, November 2009


Mention -Book News, November 2008


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Ewan Kelly initially studied medicine and worked as a junior doctor before completing a theology degree and becoming ordained as a Church of Scotland minister. He currently works as Programme Director for Healthcare Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care, NHS Education for Scotland and as a part-time senior Lecturer in Pastoral Theology at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

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