Religion: death and dying Books
HarperCollins Publishers Gods Little Book of Hope
Book SynopsisWith God's Little Book of Hope, words of refreshment and encouragement are always at hand, and they will bring renewed inspiration and vigour to our daily lives.
£6.99
SCM Press God Me and Being Very Old Stories and Spirituality in Later Life
Book SynopsisThis book is not about old age, but about old people, known and loved or lost and bemused. The heart of the book is the hearing and re-telling of the faith stories of fifteen of the oldest old, all of whom are living in residential care settings. The stories outline the lives they have lived and the impact they have made on their listeners.Trade ReviewMost books focus on positive ageing, and prefer to ignore the challenges of the fourth age, the age of frailty. This book, which tells the stories of the oldest of people, in care homes, through the lenses of chaplains, will be of immense value to all who work with older people. It also challenges the mainline churches to accept the ageing of both society and churches, to address the special needs for spiritual growth and nurture as well as pastoral care of older people. -- Elizabeth MacKinlay"A beautiful and instructive book about the oldest old in Britain today that demonstrates the value of listening and attending to them with empathy. It has important messages not only for Christian churches but for all those interested in improving care standards for the ageing members of our society". -- Peter Coleman“This book will help us all learn how to age as well as we can with or without a faith to guide us. It provides authentic voices from older people, from narrators and interpreters the combination of which make it a rare and important read”. -- Harriet MowatThis is an important book from which we learn that the very old should be taken seriously, listening to their stories is not for them alone and the Church should review its mission strategy to older people. It is a book which makes a new contribution to the pastoral and spiritual care of the very old. Chaplains working with the very old should read it, but its value extends well beyond this to everyone engaged in pastoral ministry. -- Jocelyn Bryan
£21.99
Baker Publishing Group Miscarried Hope
Book SynopsisNo grief is quite like the grief that follows pregnancy loss. But true hope and redemption are available, even in the heartbreak of miscarriage and stillbirth.For any woman who feels alone, doubtful, and overwhelmed with sorrow, this book invites you on a guided journey to rediscover the transforming hope of the gospel after pregnancy or infant loss. Built on new research from interviews with more than 400 pregnancy loss moms, Miscarried Hope helps you move through the Five Stages of Hope, while addressing cultural stigmas and challenges to grieving your loss. Through profound parallels between pregnancy loss and Holy Week, Rachel invites you to follow in the footsteps of Jesus''s disciples as they grieved his death, waited in the silence, and rediscovered hope in his resurrection.With biblical truth and practical comforts for coping with the day-to-day pain of loss, Miscarried Hope leads you along a gentle road to finding hope again.
£12.59
University of Hawai'i Press Inscribing Death
Book SynopsisTraces how Chinese came to view death as an opportunity to fashion and convey social identities and memories during the medieval period (200-1000) and the Tang dynasty (618-907). In particular, the book details the growing emphasis on remembrance as an expression of filial piety and the grave as a focal point of ancestral sacrifice.Trade ReviewInscribing Death is simply the best book in any language on one of the most important elements of Chinese culture: its mortuary practice. Drawing on a stunning array of primary and secondary sources, including a fine selection of newly available muzhiming (entombed epitaphs), Choo centers her exploration on Tang burial practices that were new or controversial—joint burials, divination, and soul-summoning burials—but her analysis includes the classical sources that were consulted and sometimes recast to solve problems regarding the disposition of the dead. This is, thus, an indispensable resource for those seeking to understand the rich technical mortuary vocabulary of Chinese sources, many discussed here for the first time in a non-Chinese language. But it is Choo’s extensive study of muzhiming, where the dead sometimes speak for themselves, voicing preferences for their burial and remembrance, that gives this study a liveliness and immediacy belied by the title." —Stephen R. Bokenkamp, Arizona State University"Jessey Choo’s rigorous, vivid, and lucidly argued account of Tang Dynasty mourning and burial practice is based on the many thousands of biographical inscriptions engraved in stone (muzhiming), both retrieved and transmitted, now available to scholarship. All specialists of late medieval Chinese religion, social history, and gender studies, as well as students of medieval Chinese canonical scholarship and late medieval literature, will be indebted to her for the scope and clarity of her research. Inscribing Death is a significant contribution to Tang studies." —David L. McMullen, University of Cambridge
£22.36
DeVorss & Co ,U.S. Reincarnation Described and Explained
Book SynopsisThis booklet provides the key to life''s most baffling problems.Trade Review"If you believe spirit never die's, but comes back around again...you will enjoy. The best book on Reincarnation.""Reincarnation was not a new subject for me as I was brought up as a Buddhist. In my search for answers I have read and studied teachings from many masters over the years, but no one explains it better than Emmet Fox. His direct and no nonsense approach to teaching makes it so easy for anyone to understand the often complex issue of why we incarnate time and time again. His teachings provided plenty of encouragement for me to keep improving my life, and what's more he provides the necessary tools to do it, if only we are willing to put in the effort with some discipline. What is even more amazing is that Emmet Fox had taught in early to mid 1900's yet to this day his teachings remain contemporary.""Phenomenal, as always from Emmet Fox. Much more than just about reincarnation. Wealth of info. Such thorough and amazing wisdom and truth conveyed in such easy to understand words - Emmet Fox's specialty. ;)"
£6.84
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Trial of Christopher Okigbo
Book SynopsisWritten during the Nigerian-Biafran War of the late 1960s, The Trial of Christopher Okigbo boldly tackles questions of Pan-Africanism and independence - with the answers leading to blissful immortality or eternal damnation...After a fatal car accident, Hamisi wakes up in a strange land called After-Africa an afterworld for all Africans who have died since history began. He soon finds out, however, that his position in the afterlife hangs in the balance. To be allowed to stay, Hamisi must participate in the absurd trial of the renowned poet and solider, Christopher Okigbo, who was killed on the front lines. His crime? Choosing war over his art...The Trial of Christopher Okigbo is a wondrously surreal examination into the responsibilities of art and war and their uncomfortable coexistence.''[The Trial of Christopher Okigbo is] its own best proof that important political questioning and art are not mutually exclusive.'' New YorTrade Review[The Trial of Christopher Okigbo is] its own best proof that important political questioning and art are not mutually exclusive. * New York Times *Whether in speech or in writing, Mazrui dissected and unravelled Africa in a delightful manner. * Guardian *[Mazuri was] a towering academician whose intellectual contributions played a major role in shaping African scholarship. -- Uhuru Kenyatta, former president of Kenya
£13.49
InterVarsity Press Hopeful Lament – Tending Our Grief Through
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£14.99
IVP Academic Demystifying Evil: A Biblical and Personal
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£22.79
InterVarsity Press Can You Just Sit with Me?: Healthy Grieving for
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£14.24
Christian Focus Publications Ltd Jonathan Edwards and the Christian Pilgrim: Our
Book SynopsisWisdom from Jonathan Edwards on the journey towards death, with application for modern life. Death is inevitable. Whether we’re facing the death of a loved one, or our own passing from this world to the next, we cannot avoid it. Death is something we never get used to. But it is something that we can get ready for. Deborah Howard has taken Jonathan Edwards’ intensely encouraging sermon on the Christian Pilgrim and, drawing on her own experiences as a hospice nurse, has written this book to encourage us to live with our final destination in mind. Focussing on scripture truth, the reader is encouraged to think about the journey that leads us towards our final destination. How are we spending our lives, as we live in the light of eternity? This combination of classic sermon and modern application makes this book an essential addition to any Christian’s bookshelf.Trade ReviewDeborah has done us a great service with this book for the hurting, the struggler, and the biblical counselor. -- Dave Jenkins (Executive Director, Servants of Grace Ministries)Howard uses her personal experience as a hospice nurse to her advantage as she brings Edwards’ treasures alive for our day. She uses the Scripture well and adds helpful discussion questions at the end of each chapter. -- Michael Brunk (Pastor, Kathorus Bible Church, Johannesburg, South Africa)Deborah Howard has done it again. She’s written another compassionate work that points us to our Savior, Jesus Christ. My wife and I think it’s fantastic. God has given her a gift which she uses to encourage, inform and inspire. What she has done with this Jonathan Edwards sermon is very fine, indeed. We heartily recommend this book to all believers. -- Wayne Mack (ACBC Academy member; Director, ACBC Africa; elder and pastor, Lynnwood Baptist Church, Pretoria, South Africa)Imagine, though, sitting with a friend, reading a page or two of Edwards, and talking together about what it means and how it applies. That is the sweet experience of reading this book, with Deborah Howard as our person guide to one of the greatest preachers of all time. -- Joel R. Beeke (Chancellor, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan)Drawing from her experience as a hospice nurse, attending to many who were in the process of dying, she causes us to think about our own eventual deaths, about preparing for death as a believer, and laying out before us the joys of what it will be like when we meet the Lord for an eternity. -- Curtis Thomas (Author, pastor and teacher)
£10.79
Ignatius Press To Die Well: A Catholic Neurosurgeon's Guide to
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£15.26
Orbis Books (USA) The Book of Cain: On Adding a New Book to the
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£17.09
Morgan James Publishing llc Beyond the Rainbow: A Mother’s Journey Through
Book SynopsisIn June of 2012, vibrant 16-year-old Leanna Mae Knopik was hospitalized with a rare and sudden cardiac infection. In this unflinching account of her final month of life and the searing sorrow that followed, a grieving mother deepens her relationship with her deceased daughter and—through the grace of God—finds a path to true joy.Beyond the Rainbow describes in candid detail the arduous task of piecing a family back together in the wake of tragedy, and the transformative spiritual awakening that emerges. Not just for the bereaved, all readers will benefit from the author’s journey through searing pain and her ultimate discovery of God’s grace. This memoir offers a model for how family members can move through grief. It presents an honest and complete examination of the coping skills that worked for the author and her family—and the ones that did not. The goal of Beyond the Rainbow is twofold: 1) to shorten the path to healing by offering a roadmap through the early stages of grief, and 2) to broaden the reader’s perspective on loss; with God’s grace, they can and will live a joyful life.
£12.59
Sophia Institute Press Dying Without Fear
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£15.16
New Growth Press Someone I Know Is Grieving: Caring with Humility
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£13.44
Ave Maria Press Seasons of Hope Leader's Guide: Bringing Comfort
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£20.85
Ave Maria Press Seasons of Hope Journal Two: Finding Comfort in
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£9.12
Ave Maria Press Seasons of Hope Journal Four: Finding Comfort in
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£9.12
Ave Maria Press The Grief of Dads: Support and Hope for Catholic
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£17.06
Archway Publishing Glorious Glimpses of Heaven
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£12.30
Harrison House The Paradise of God: Discover the Biblical Truth
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£17.09
Sacristy Press Breathers of an Ampler Day: Victorian Views of
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£13.49
Sacristy Press Bigger and Wilder: Life, loss and learning to be
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£14.24
Sacristy Press Breathers of an Ampler Day: Victorian Views of
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£21.25
Canterbury Press Norwich In Sure and Certain Hope: Prayers and Readings for Funerals and Memorial Services
Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging collection of prayers, readings and alternative service outlines provides a complete liturgical and pastoral resource for a time when intensive personal support is needed. Here are forms of words for every stage in the process that follows a death, from the immediate aftermath to conducting a memorial service. Simple prayers and a choice of readings from scripture, poetry, literature and popular culture provide words when our own vocabularies fail. Aimed at clergy of all denominations, readers and others who are authorised to conduct funerals, pastoral and care professionals and theological students, this is a resource for the funerals of children, parents, death after an accident or in hospital, the death of someone with Alzheimer's and many more. The prayers and blessings include those for when someone has just died, for before a funeral and returning home afterwards whilst the book also contains complete funeral and memorial service outlines.Trade Review'In Sure and Certain Hope shows Paul P.J.Sheppy as a minister with a real understanding of the needs of the vereaved. (...) His comment on the importance of preaching at funerals shows where his heart is: 'If we do not offer Christ's answer to the questioner, in what sense has the funeral been a Christian one?' -- Trevor Lloyd * Praxis News of Worship *
£14.99
Canterbury Press Norwich Cries of the Heart: A Daily Companion for Your Journey Through Grief
Book SynopsisAt some point, everyone will experience bereavement. Even when a death is expected, it can be a bewildering and disorientating time and its intensity increases if a death is sudden or if there are tragic circumstances. The word 'quarantine' derives from an ancient Italian practice of giving newly bereaved people extra special attention and care during the first forty days following a death. Here is contemporary reworking of that idea - readings and reflections for forty days cover a wide range of commonly felt emotions and reactions, and offer support and understanding. A shorter second section gives readings for special days - birthdays, anniversary etc and a third section offers a selection of brief prayers.
£11.87
Core Media Group Inc. Luca's Light: An Angelic Boy's Divine Assignment
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£15.26
Rabbit Room Press Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's
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£15.19
Evangelize for Jesus Ministries Free-Falling Into Hell
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£18.74
