{"product_id":"preaching-death-the-transformation-of-christian-funeral-sermons-paperback","title":"Preaching Death: The Transformation of Christian Funeral Sermons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucy Bregman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristians 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePreaching Death\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 counselor. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Protestants once preached about death and dying, why that message has ceased, and why it matters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Bregman is Professor of Religion at Temple University. Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eDeath and Dying, Spirituality and Religions: A Study of the Death Awareness Movement\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e Beyond Silence and Denial: Death and Dying Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFirst Person Mortal: Personal Narratives of Illness, Dying and Grief\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 263\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 6.06 x 8.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42166747037831,"sku":"9781602583207","price":62.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cc6be67c34cac21ba72c413497a761ef.webp?v=1733322865","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/preaching-death-the-transformation-of-christian-funeral-sermons-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}