Preaching Death : The Transformation of Christian Funeral Sermons /

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 Am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bregman, Lucy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tod
Bestattung
Christentum
Funeral sermons.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Death > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines.
Death > Biblical teaching.
funerals.
Funerailles > Rites et ceremonies.
Sermons pour les funerailles.
Mort > Enseignement biblique.
Mort > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 for 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.

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