Death, Sin and the Moral Life: Contemporary Cultural Interpretations of Death

by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore

Book Overview

Modern psychologies of death make religious and ethical, as well as scientific, judgments that inform our attitudes toward death and illness. Bonnie Miller-McLemore uncovers and critiques the assumptions, moral and otherwise, behind the contemporary "death and dying movement." She retrieves the contributions of Augustine, Calvin, Schleiermacher, Niebuhr, Tillich, and Ramsey in formulating a theologically more adequate understanding of death and illness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555402038
• ISBN13: 9781555402037
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.5"