Theology Death And Dying

Author : Ray S. Anderson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781620322116

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Theology, Death and Dying by Ray S. Anderson Pdf

How do we make sense of death--in theology, in philosophy, in experience? How do religions other than Christianity deal with death and with dying? In the now predominantly secular societies of the West, what are we to make of the theologies of death developed by writers such as Becker, Hick, Thielicke, and Macquarrie? Ray Anderson tackles his subject with clarity and without sentimentality. He discusses first the treatment--and indeed, the denial--of death by contemporary Western society, and its place in other religious traditions. Going on to discuss the origins of a Christian theology of death, he examines the legacy of Judaism and seeks to lay the foundations for a Christian anthropology in the unity of the body and soul. Death, he argues, is alien to God's determination of our personhood. Outlining a classic Christian understanding of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, he explores the implications of the Passion for our own mortality. Even if the sting of death has been removed, the experience of dying and bereavement remains. Ray Anderson considers pastoral approaches to dying in the light of his observations and arguments and makes his case for a reintegration of the experience of dying into our communities.

Author : Ray S. Anderson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725231474

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Theology, Death and Dying by Ray S. Anderson Pdf

How do we make sense of death--in theology, in philosophy, in experience? How do religions other than Christianity deal with death and with dying? In the now predominantly secular societies of the West, what are we to make of the theologies of death developed by writers such as Becker, Hick, Thielicke, and Macquarrie? Ray Anderson tackles his subject with clarity and without sentimentality. He discusses first the treatment--and indeed, the denial--of death by contemporary Western society, and its place in other religious traditions. Going on to discuss the origins of a Christian theology of death, he examines the legacy of Judaism and seeks to lay the foundations for a Christian anthropology in the unity of the body and soul. Death, he argues, is alien to God's determination of our personhood. Outlining a classic Christian understanding of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, he explores the implications of the Passion for our own mortality. Even if the sting of death has been removed, the experience of dying and bereavement remains. Ray Anderson considers pastoral approaches to dying in the light of his observations and arguments and makes his case for a reintegration of the experience of dying into our communities.

Author : David Albert Jones
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191536915

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Approaching the End by David Albert Jones Pdf

David Albert Jones considers two basic questions: how can we live well in the face of death? and when, if ever, is it legitimate deliberately to bring human life to an end? He focuses upon the distinct theological approaches to death shown by four outstanding Christian thinkers: Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, and Karl Rahner. Jones's aim is not primarily to make a contribution to the history of theology, but rather, through engagement with the thought of theologians of the past, to reflect on some of the practical and existential issues that the approach of death presents for all of us.

Author : Ray Sherman Anderson
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Death
ISBN : 0631148469

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Theology, Death, and Dying by Ray Sherman Anderson Pdf

Author : Joel R. Beeke,Christopher W Bogosh
Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601786517

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Dying and Death by Joel R. Beeke,Christopher W Bogosh Pdf

Can any good come from thinking about death? Our natural tendency is to answer that question no! But what if our meditation on death was informed by a theological understanding of death, a recognition of the comfort Jesus’s death affords Christians, and ethical guidance for dealing with death in these complicated days of modern medical developments? Rather than being morbidly unhelpful, authors Joel R. Beeke and Christopher W. Bogosh contend that meditating on dying and death can be profitable, even necessary, for us. Are you prepared to say that your death will be “gain” (Phil. 1:21)? Table of Contents: Part One: The Basics 1. Dying Depicted: Hope in the Old Testament 2. Dying Demystified: Facts about Death 3. Dying Defined: The Wages of Sin 4. Dying Delayed: The Grace of Medicine Part Two: Jesus’s Dying and Death 5. Dying Devotion: Jesus in Gethsemane (1) 6. Dying Devotion: Jesus in Gethsemane (2) 7. Dying Defeated: Jesus Conquering Death 8. Dying Destroyed: No More Death Part Three: Contemporary Issues 9. Dying Desperately: Pursuing Futile Treatment 10. Dying Deliberately: Wise Preparation for Death 11. Dying Demonstrated: Faithful Perseverance until Death 12. Dying Delightfully: Victorious Death

Author : Henry L. Novello
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317154488

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Death as Transformation by Henry L. Novello Pdf

A key tenet of Christian faith is that the crucifixion of Jesus Christ is a unique death by which the powers of death in the world have been conquered, so that Christian life in the Spirit is marked by the promise and hope of 'new life' already anticipated in the community of baptized believers. Notwithstanding this basic tenet regarding the Christian life as a participation in the redemptive death of Jesus Christ, theology in the past, as well as much contemporary theology, tends to assign no salvific significance to the event of our own death, focusing instead on death in negative terms as the wages of sin. This work is a significant retort to theological neglect, both Catholic and Protestant, of the positive and transformative aspect of our death when conceived as a dying into the redemptive death of Jesus Christ. The development of Henry L. Novello's proposed theology of death takes place in conversation with the pre-eminent contemporary contributors to this field of theological inquiry. By offering comprehensive critiques of Karl Rahner, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Karl Barth, Eberhard Jüngel and Jürgen Moltmann, Novello painstakingly pieces together a positive construal of death as salvific and transformative. What is especially distinctive about Novello's work is that he develops the idea of death as a sharing in the 'admirable exchange of natures' in the person of Jesus Christ, from which emerges his theory of resurrection at death for all. The reach of the work is extended by exploring some pastoral and liturgical implications of a theology of death conceived as the privileged moment for the actualization of God's grace in Jesus Christ, and thus being created anew in the power of the Spirit.

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433501159

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Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig Pdf

This updated edition by one of the world's leading apologists presents a systematic, positive case for Christianity that reflects the latest work in the contemporary hard sciences and humanities. Brilliant and accessible.

Author : John Behr,Conor Cunningham
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227905302

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The Role of Death in Life by John Behr,Conor Cunningham Pdf

The relation between life and death is a subject of perennial relevance for all human beings, and indeed, the whole world and the entire universe, in as much as, according to the saying of ancient Greek philosophy, all things that come into being pass away. Yet it is also a topic of increasing complexity, for life and death now appear to be more intertwined than previously or commonly thought. Moreover, the relation between life and death is also one of increasing urgency, as through the twin phenomena of an increase in longevity unprecedented in human history and the rendering of death, dying, and the dead person all but invisible, people living in the industrialized and post-industrialized Western world of today have lost touch with the reality of death. This radically new situation, and predicament, has implications - medical, ethical, economic, philosophical, and, not least, theological - that have barely begun to be addressed. This volume gathers together essays by a distinguished and diverse group of scientists, theologians, philosophers, and health practitioners, originally presented in a symposium sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation.

Author : Peter C. Phan
Publisher : Lectio Publishing LLC
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Death
ISBN : 098983977X

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Living Into Death, Dying Into Life by Peter C. Phan Pdf

Peter C. Phan, noted for his theological exploration of the afterlife, presents an easily understood study of what eternal life means from a Catholic/Christian view. In Living Into Death, Dying Into Life: A Christian Theology of Death and Life Eternal Professor Phan elaborates and expands material first presented in twelve lectures. Drawing heavily from the Christian Tradition, Phan identifies sections in the Old Testament and especially the New Testament that are relevant to eschatology, which is the search for an understanding of God's final kingdom. Seen in the preaching of Jesus as presented in the Gospels, the Kingdom of God is both here now and also fulfilled at the end of time. Professor Phan is able to connect Scriptural representations of the afterlife with the ramifications of eternal life in our present everyday life. This book is intended for audiences seeking to understand the death of a loved one, an impending death, or death in general; as well as those who are seeking a general spiritual or theological understanding of eternal life as presented by Jesus Christ.

Author : Karl Rahner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Death
ISBN : 0816425639

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On the Theology of Death by Karl Rahner Pdf

Author : Carter Marian
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334052425

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Dying to Live by Carter Marian Pdf

This is a key resource for reflective practitioners who want to explore subjects such as death, dying, bereavement and funerals from a theological perspective. The book engages readers to reflect theologically on issues of loss, grief, healing, the search for meaning and joy. Such theological reflection is vital for the development of good and grounded pastoral practice.

Author : J. Todd Billings
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441222909

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Rejoicing in Lament by J. Todd Billings Pdf

At the age of thirty-nine, Christian theologian Todd Billings was diagnosed with a rare form of incurable cancer. In the wake of that diagnosis, he began grappling with the hard theological questions we face in the midst of crisis: Why me? Why now? Where is God in all of this? This eloquently written book shares Billings's journey, struggle, and reflections on providence, lament, and life in Christ in light of his illness, moving beyond pat answers toward hope in God's promises. Theologically robust yet eminently practical, it engages the open questions, areas of mystery, and times of disorientation in the Christian life. Billings offers concrete examples through autobiography, cultural commentary, and stories from others, showing how our human stories of joy and grief can be incorporated into the larger biblical story of God's saving work in Christ.

Author : Douglas Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567346476

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The Theology of Death by Douglas Davies Pdf

The first part of the book is grounded in biblical issues and in historical and philosophical theology. It seeks to establish several schemes of death theology related, for example, to early Christianity's Jewish cultural milieu, to belief in Christ's resurrection and to Christology, to issues of millennial belief and to an emergent liturgical practice. The rise of notions of the soul in relation to medieval thought and practice and the place of death in reformation theology are both covered, as is the role of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Finally the rise of biblical theology is considered, especially in the twentieth century. The second part of the book takes up several contemporary models of the theology of death. The first pursues a traditional acceptance of an other-worldly afterlife, the second explores worldly analysis of eternal life as a quality of contemporary existence devoid of any future state. The third develops the worldly model and considers a wider sense of self as a part of an ecological view of the world as a divine creation and explores the meaning of birth-life and death amidst a divine environment. The Theology of Death aims to offer some sharply defined schemes to focus thought in a Christian environment in which death, hell and heaven have almost lost their place. The topic of hope is a key element and the book explores the birth and fostering of hope within Christian traditions.

Author : Christopher M Moreman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199715015

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Teaching Death and Dying by Christopher M Moreman Pdf

The academic study of death rose to prominence during the 1960s. Courses on some aspect of death and dying can now be found at most institutions of higher learning. These courses tend to stress the psycho-social aspects of grief and bereavement, however, ignoring the religious elements inherent to the subject. This collection is the first to address the teaching of courses on death and dying from a religious-studies perspective.

Author : Natalie Kertes Weaver
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780415781084

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The Theology of Suffering and Death by Natalie Kertes Weaver Pdf

This book introduces the spiritual and theological issues raised by suffering and dying. It relates theology to practical issues of caregiving and provides a 'toolbox' for thinking about suffering and death in a creative and supportive way.