Beyond Dying : The Mystery of Eternity,9780745950471

Beyond Dying : The Mystery of Eternity

by Unknown
ISBN13: 9780745950471
ISBN10: 0745950477
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2001-06-01
Publisher(s): Lion UK
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Summary

Recalling his own brush with death through kidney failure, the author sets out to investigate death and dying. Building on insights from public mourning and the spirituality of children, he concludes that while death is not logically understandable, it should be embraced without fear.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7(7)
An Ancient Mystery
14(14)
Death of the Body
28(24)
Forbidden Knowledge?
52(26)
Where is the Evidence?
78(29)
Scripture and Tradition
107(18)
The Good News
125(14)
Looking Death in the Face
139(18)
Preparing, Planning and Thwarting
157(11)
We Will All Go Together, When We Go
168(6)
Graves and Grieving
174(12)
Public Mourning
186(10)
The Insight of Children
196(7)
Epilogue: The Mystery of Transcendence
203(10)
Notes 213(8)
Acknowledgments 221

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