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Preaching Death

The Transformation of Christian Funeral Sermons [Paperback]

by Lucy Bregman

    • Author

      Lucy Bregman

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Baylor University Press

    • Published

      September 2011

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      Product Description

      Christians traditionally have had something substantive and important to say about death and afterlife. Yet the language and imagery used in sermons about life and death have given way to language designed to comfort and celebrate. In "Preaching Death", Lucy Bregman tracks the changes in Protestant American funerals over the last one hundred years. Early-twentieth-century "natural immortality" doctrinal funeral sermons transitioned to an era of "silence and denial", eventually becoming expressive, biographical tributes to the deceased. The contemporary death awareness movement, with the "death as a natural event" perspective, has widely impacted American culture, affecting health care, education, and psychotherapy and creating new professions such as hospice nurse and grief counsellor. Bregman questions whether this transition - which occurred unobserved and without conflict - was inevitable and what alternative paths could have been chosen. In tracing this unique story, she reveals how Americans' comprehension of death shifted in the last century - and why we must find ways to move beyond it.

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      • Author

        Lucy Bregman

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Baylor University Press

      • Published

        September 2011

      • Weight

        368g

      • Page Count

        263

      • Dimensions

        154 x 228 x 17 mm

      • ISBN

        9781602583207

      • ISBN-10

        160258320X

      • Eden Code

        4031173

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      • Author/Creator: Lucy Bregman

      • ISBN: 9781602583207

      • Publisher: Baylor University Press

      • Release Date: September 2011

      • Weight: 368g

      • Dimensions: 154 x 228 x 17 mm

      • Eden Code: 4031173

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