Hope, Not Fear - A Guide to Changing the Way We View Death

Written after the author's own fatal diagnosis, this uplifting book offers answers and comfort to anyone grappling with death -from what happens when we die to how we can live fully in the interim. Drawing insights from many religious traditions and near death experiences, Hope, Not Fear shares the wisdom we all need to come to terms with death.

List of contents

Introduction

1. Facing the Inevitable
2. The Coffin in the Synagogue
3. The Three Wishes
4. The Fear of Dying
5. The Testimony of Witnesses
6. The Silence of the Bible
7. What the Bible Does Tell Us
8. The Tunnel of Love
9. Knowing the Unknowable
10. Mission Not Accomplished
11. The Fate of the Body
12. Heaven and Hell
13. Who Makes It to Heaven?
14. Encore?
15. The Five Major Lessons
16. A Final Summation

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About the Author

About the author

Benjamin Blech

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Blech
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2024
• EAN: 9798881805586
• ISBN: 979-8-8818-0558-6
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 215 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 231 g
• Illustrations: 1 b-w photo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Coping with death & bereavement, Christianity, Christian life & practice, Relating to Christian people & groups, Philosophy of religion, RELIGION / Christian Living / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts