RT Book
T1 Preaching death: the transformation of Christian funeral sermons
A1 Bregman, Lucy 1944-
LA English
PP Waco, Tex.
PB Baylor University Press
YR 2011
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/642655537
AB pt. 1. What Christians used to say about death. A changeover of messages and images -- What is a Christian funeral? -- Funeral theologies of death -- Heaven as home -- Heaven as journey -- Natural immortality -- The Lord's will -- pt. 2. The age of silence and denial. "Please omit funeral" -- The challenge of new theologies -- Death as enemy -- pt. 3. What came next. New words of death, dying, and grief -- The triumph of the biographical -- pt. 4. What might have been. Two alternatives -- What might have been : lament -- The eclipse of poetry -- pt. 5. Conclusion. What Christians no longer want to say about death
NO Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and index. - pt. 1. What Christians used to say about death. A changeover of messages and images -- What is a Christian funeral? -- Funeral theologies of death -- Heaven as home -- Heaven as journey -- Natural immortality -- The Lord's will -- pt. 2. The age of silence and denial. "Please omit funeral" -- The challenge of new theologies -- Death as enemy -- pt. 3. What came next. New words of death, dying, and grief -- The triumph of the biographical -- pt. 4. What might have been. Two alternatives -- What might have been : lament -- The eclipse of poetry -- pt. 5. Conclusion. What Christians no longer want to say about death
CN BT825
SN 9781602583207
SN 160258320X
K1 Death : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines
K1 Death : Biblical teaching
K1 Funeral sermons
K1 Funeral rites and ceremonies