Talking About Death

A pastoral guide. Death remains a difficult topic to address openly. We leave it to the professionals in hospitals and hospices. This book aims to equip ministers and pastoral carers to enable individuals and families to say and do the important things on their minds. Death remains a difficult topic to address openly, left to professionals in hospitals and hospices. Talking About Death aims to equip ministers and pastoral carers to enable individuals and families to say and do the important things on their minds. It includes: Learning How To Die: How the medicalisation of death has affected thinking around death; the role of Christian faith.Talking about death positively: exploring the string feelings around death; how theories of loss can be helpful.Christian Approaches to Talking About Death and DyingSocietal Attitudes To Talking About Death And DyingWhat is to be gained by talking about death and DyingPractical examples and stories Contemplating our own death – resources for end of life conversations