Patience, Compassion, Hope, and the Christian Art of Dying Well

By mining the rich tradition of virtue ethics, Christopher Vogt uses the virtues of patience, compassion, and hope as a framework for specifying the shape of a good death, and for naming the practices Christians should develop to live well and die well. Bringing together historical, biblical, and contemporary sources in Christian ethics, Vogt provides a long-overdue theological analysis of the ars moriendi or 'art of dying' literature of four centuries ago. Through a careful analysis of Luke's passion narrative, Vogt uses Jesus as the primary model for being patient in the face of death and for dying well.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 A Context for the Task of Dying: Christian Virtue Ethics and Dying Well Chapter 3 Dying Well in Historical Perspective: The Ars Moriendi Tradition of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Chapter 4 Competing Visions of Compassion: How Should We Respond to Suffering? Chapter 5 A Biblical Ars Moriendi: Dying Well According to Luke Chapter 6 Toward an Ars Moriendi for Our Time Chapter 7 Bibliography

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By Christopher P. Vogt

Zusammenfassung

By mining the rich tradition of virtue ethics, Christopher Vogt uses the virtues of patience, compassion, and hope as a framework for specifying the shape of a good death, and for naming the practices Christians should develop to live well and die well.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Christopher P Vogt, Christopher P. Vogt
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 19.10.2004
• EAN: 9780742531857
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3185-7
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Sheed & Ward Books; Sheed & Ward Books
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; RELIGION / Christian Ministry / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Christian life & practice, Christian life and practice, RELIGION / Christian Living / General, Christian ministry & pastoral activity, Religious ministry and clergy