Facing Death: Worthwhile Reflection on a Necessary Subject

This book drawing from over one-hundred other sources takes a frank but hopeful look at death in chapters on death and science medicine consciousness art music culture law history philosophy and religion with concluding chapters on death defeated and resurrected life. The book includes vignettes illustrating how individuals and communities may most constructively countenance death. While the book advocates a position of hope and mental emotional and spiritual health in facing death it surveys multiple perspectives examining their curiosities and limits.