The Mystery of Death

by Adrienne von Speyr and Graham Harrison

Book Overview

Von Speyr addresses the perennial and ultimate human question--the question of death. This book is not only a synthesis of the Christian view of death. It is also an antidote to the insipid sociological sentimentalism of so many books written about death and dying today. Death is not just the last stage of growth or something we must cope with or accept, nor something we must help people do without any fear or feeling of guilt. None of the merely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898702046
• ISBN13: 9780898702040
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.8" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Extraordinary

The most profound meditation on life and death I've ever read. I recommend it for theologians (especially those who don't understand von Speyr's influence on Balthasar) or anyone willing to follow life's most fundamental questions to their source.