Good Funeral Death, Grief, and the Community of Care

Name: Good Funeral Death, Grief, and the Community of Care
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ISBN: 9780664238537

ISBN-10: 066423853X

ISBN-13: 9780664238537

Edition: 2013

Authors: Thomas G. Long, Thomas Lynch

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Two of the most authoritative voices on the funeral industry come together here in one volume to discuss the current state of the funeral. Through their different lenses--one as a preacher and one as a funeral director--Thomas G. Long and Thomas Lynch alternately discuss several challenges facing "the good funeral," including the commercial aspects that have led many to be suspicious of funeral directors, the sometimes tense relationship between pastors and funeral directors, the tendency of modern funerals to exclude the body from the service, and the rapid growth in cremation. The book features forewords from Patrick Lynch, President of the National Funeral Directors Association, and…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 9/6/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Thomas Lynch lives in Milford, Michigan, where he is the funeral director.



Foreword



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Preface


Why We Do This



How We Come to Be the Ones We Are




Falling into Ministry, Learning about Death



Caring for the Dead



Humanity 101




Habeas Corpus … Not



Funeral Directors and Clergy



Our Own Worst Enemies




Funeral Directors … Who Needs Them?



The Funeral



The Theory and Practice of Cremation




A Sense of Movement, a Sense of Meaning, a Sense of Hope: The Good Funeral



The Grieving



Grief and the Search for Meaning




All Saints, All Souls: A Coda



Notes


Index