Living well and dying faithfully :
Living well and dying faithfully : Christian practices for end-of-life care /
edited by John Swinton & Richard Payne.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2009.
- xxiv, 287 p. ; 23 cm.
Proceedings of a symposium held in 2006 at Duke University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Stanley Hauerwas -- Introduction : Christian practices and the art of dying faithfully / John Swinton and Richard Payne -- Practicing the presence of God : earthly practices in heavenly perspective / John Swinton -- Dying well / Amy Plantinga Pauw -- "Make love your aim" : ecclesial practices of care at the end of life / Karen D. Scheib -- Suffering in communion with Christ : sacraments, dying faithfully, and end-of-life care / M. Therese Lysaught -- The practice of prayer and care for the dying / Allen Verhey -- "Why me, Lord?" : practicing lament at the foot of the cross / John Swinton -- Practicing compassion for dying children / Tonya D. Armstrong -- Healing in the midst of dying : a collaborative approach to end-of-life care / Abigail Rian Evans -- Compassion : a critical component of caring and healing / Christina M. Puchalski -- Hope in the face of terminal illness / Richard Payne -- More than sparrows, less than the angels : the Christian meaning of death with dignity / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Embracing and resisting death : a theology of justice and hope for care at the end of life / Esther E. Acolatse -- Conclusion : Attending to God in suffering : re-imagining end-of-life care / John Swinton and Richard Payne.
9780802863393 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802863396 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009026553
101521627 DNLM
Terminal care--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.
Terminal Care--Congresses.
Attitude to Death--Congresses.
Christianity--Congresses.
Quality of Life--Congresses.
R726 / .L556 2009
616/.029
2009 M-282 WB 310 / L785 2009
Proceedings of a symposium held in 2006 at Duke University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Stanley Hauerwas -- Introduction : Christian practices and the art of dying faithfully / John Swinton and Richard Payne -- Practicing the presence of God : earthly practices in heavenly perspective / John Swinton -- Dying well / Amy Plantinga Pauw -- "Make love your aim" : ecclesial practices of care at the end of life / Karen D. Scheib -- Suffering in communion with Christ : sacraments, dying faithfully, and end-of-life care / M. Therese Lysaught -- The practice of prayer and care for the dying / Allen Verhey -- "Why me, Lord?" : practicing lament at the foot of the cross / John Swinton -- Practicing compassion for dying children / Tonya D. Armstrong -- Healing in the midst of dying : a collaborative approach to end-of-life care / Abigail Rian Evans -- Compassion : a critical component of caring and healing / Christina M. Puchalski -- Hope in the face of terminal illness / Richard Payne -- More than sparrows, less than the angels : the Christian meaning of death with dignity / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Embracing and resisting death : a theology of justice and hope for care at the end of life / Esther E. Acolatse -- Conclusion : Attending to God in suffering : re-imagining end-of-life care / John Swinton and Richard Payne.
9780802863393 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802863396 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009026553
101521627 DNLM
Terminal care--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.
Terminal Care--Congresses.
Attitude to Death--Congresses.
Christianity--Congresses.
Quality of Life--Congresses.
R726 / .L556 2009
616/.029
2009 M-282 WB 310 / L785 2009