Preaching death : the transformation of Christian funeral sermons /
Bregman, Lucy.
Preaching death : the transformation of Christian funeral sermons / Lucy Bregman. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2011. - vii, 255 p. ; 23 cm.
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.
9781602583207 (pbk. : alk. paper) 160258320X (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010052531
015890102 Uk
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
Death--Biblical teaching.
Funeral sermons.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
BT825 / .B735 2011
236/.1
Preaching death : the transformation of Christian funeral sermons / Lucy Bregman. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2011. - vii, 255 p. ; 23 cm.
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.
9781602583207 (pbk. : alk. paper) 160258320X (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010052531
015890102 Uk
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
Death--Biblical teaching.
Funeral sermons.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
BT825 / .B735 2011
236/.1