Living well and dying faithfully : Christian practices for end-of-life care / edited by John Swinton & Richard Payne.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2009.Description: xxiv, 287 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780802863393 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0802863396 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 255.42 22
LOC classification:
  • R726 .L556 2009
NLM classification:
  • 2009 M-282
  • WB 310
Contents:
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.
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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.