Preaching Death: The Transformation of Christian Funeral Sermons
Author:   Lucy Bregman
Publisher:   Baylor University Press
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9781481314930


Pages:   263
Publication Date:   31 December 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Preaching Death: The Transformation of Christian Funeral Sermons


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Author:   Lucy Bregman
Publisher:   Baylor University Press
Imprint:   Baylor University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.505kg
ISBN:  

9781481314930


ISBN 10:   1481314939
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   31 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Part I: What Christians Used to Say about Death 1. A Changeover of Messages and Images 2. What Is a Christian Funeral? 3. Funeral Theologies of Death 4. Heaven as Home 5. Heaven as Journey 6. Natural Immortality 7. The Lord's Will Part II: The Age of Silence and Denial 8. ""Please Omit Funeral"" 9. The Challenge of New Theologies 10. Death as Enemy Part III: What Came Next 11. New Words for Death, Dying, and Grief 12. The Triumph of the Biographical Part IV: What Might Have Been 13. Two Alternatives 14. What Might Have Been—Lament 15. The Eclipse of Poetry Part V: Conclusion 16. What Christians No Longer Want to Say about Death"

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Bregman offers very interesting perspectives for pastoral workers as well as for empirical researchers in the field of death and dying. --Brenda Mathijssen, Radboud University Nijmegen Modern Believing


Bregman offers very interesting perspectives for pastoral workers as well as for empirical researchers in the field of death and dying. --Brenda Mathijssen, Radboud University Nijmegen ""Modern Believing""


Author Information

Lucy Bregman is Professor of Religion at Temple University. Her previous publications include Death and Dying, Spirituality and Religions: A Study of the Death Awareness Movement; Beyond Silence and Denial: Death and Dying Reconsidered; and First Person Mortal: Personal Narratives of Illness, Dying and Grief. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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