Teaching death and dying / edited by Christopher M. Moreman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moreman, Christopher M., 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Religious aspects--Study and teaching.

Death.

Death--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

xv, 283 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Section 1: What ought a course on death accomplish?

What should a course on death and dying accomplish? : death education in an undergraduate religion course / Lucy Bregman

Ethical issues in teaching death and dying : pedagogical aims in end-of-life ethics / Christian Perring

Section 4: Practical applications of a course on death

Teaching death and dying : a pastoral theological approach / G. Lee Ramsey

Death, loss, and bereavement : the role of social work / Estelle Hopmeyer

Psychology, grief, and the student / David E. Balk

Section 3: Media as teacher and aid to teaching

The virtual resurrection : technology, violence, and interpretations of death in a southern university classroom / Diana Walsh Pasulka

What would Spielberg do? : using mainstream films to teach visions of the afterlife / Michael McKenzie

Section 4: Death in context

Death and dying in history / Albert N. Hamscher

Teaching outside the classroom : the use of site visits / Kathleen Garces-Foley

Section 5: Literatures of death and on death

Literature, textbook, and primary source : constructing the reading list / Sarah Pinnock

Listen to the dark : death and dying in music, film, and literature / Amir Hussain

Love letters to the dead : immortal gifts for the lifelong learner / Dorothy Lander and John Graham-Pole

Section 6: Course overviews

How death and dying can act as an introduction to world religion / Vanessa R. Sasson

Death, dying, and transcendence / Brenda Appleby

Section 7: Life after death

Life after death : an overview of contemporary beliefs for teachers / Paul Badham

Why an investigation of paranormal experience should be an essential component of a course on death / L. Stafford Betty.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780195335224

0195335228

OCLC:

213301872