1st Edition
Reflections on Death, Dying and Bereavement A Manual for Clergy, Counsellors and Speakers
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
Human Immortality
Supplementary Texts
CHAPTER 2
The Problem of Evil and Human Suffering
Supplementary Texts
CHAPTER 3
Reflections of Philosophers, Novelists, Poets, and Other Writers on Life, Death, and Immortality
Theistic Philosophers
Atheistic/Agnostic Philosophers
Pagan Philosophers
Novelists, Poets, and Other Writers
CHAPTER 4
Grief and Bereavement
Death of a Husband
Death of a Wife
Death of a Child
Death of a Parent
Death of a Sibling
Suggested Readings
Supplementary Texts
Conclusion
Appendix I. Suicide and Euthanasia
Supplementary Texts
Appendix II. The Hospice Movement
Appendix III. The Funeral Director
Bibliography
Index
Biography
William Smith
