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1 online resource (145 pages) |
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Routledge Revivals Ser |
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Routledge Revivals Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction to Volume I; The contemporary milieu and a personal reflection on methodology; The contemporary shift; The shape of the book; 2 Ritual Blunder; What are funerals supposed to do?; The gap between expectation and performance; Theological framework; Ritual community; Conclusion; 3 Medicine and the Law; What is death? The medical definition: failure and limitation; The arena of death: home and hospital; The medical and legal interface; Bland v Airedale NHS Trust; 4 The End of Life |
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Hoffmann's dilemmaI think not, therefore I am not?; The future of the soul: bios and zoe; 5 Death in the Community; The social nature of death; The psychology of bereavement: a critique of "back to normal"; Social anthropology and death: rites of passage; The ritual community of death: gathering for the funeral; 6 The Human in Christ; Introduction; Personal anthropology: nephesh, death and resurrection; Jesus as normative; Holy Saturday and the descent to the dead; Christ the representative: the Paschal Mystery and human death; Conclusion; 7 A Passage from Death to Life; Introduction |
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The liturgical agendaGood Friday and separation; Holy Saturday and transition; Easter Day and incorporation; Eschatology; Back to the funeral; Conclusion; 8 Past and Present; Introduction; The historical beginnings of Christian funerals; Post-apostolic developments; Developments in the East; The medieval West; The Reformation; 1662 and beyond; Conclusion; 9 Conclusion; Three funerals; The funeral: an act of worship; The funeral: a rite of passage; The funeral: a family occasion; The funeral: public grief and gesture; The funeral: retrospective or prospective?; Envoi |
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Select Bibliography of Non-liturgical TextsIndex of Scripture Passages; Index of Names; General Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351964814 |
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135196481X |
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