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.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Christopher P. Vogt

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher P Vogt, Christopher P. Vogt
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2004
• EAN: 9780742531857
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3185-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Sheed & Ward Books; Sheed & Ward Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; 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