Death and ministry : pastoral care of the dying and the bereaved /
J. Donald Bane ... [and others] editors.
- New York : Seabury Press, (c)1975.
- ix, 278 pages ; 24 cm.
"A Crossroad book."
Includes bibliographical references.
Personal Perspectives -- A personal odyssey : experiencing the human A crisis The impact of the death of patients on the minister's (chaplain's) faith Vignette To write about death, we must contemplate our own death Response to the threat of death, immediate and/or postponed Ministry to the dying -- Ministry to the dying as a learning encounter Another look at the hopeless chase The waiting vulture syndrome Prayer and the dying patient : intimacy without exposure The dying patient's concept of God The psychological function of religion to the dying patient Communication and pain Ministry to the bereaved -- The cup of Mithradetes Bereavement : an opportunity for emotional growth Mourning, family dynamics, and pastoral care Consoling the bereaved in the weeks after the funeral The grief work cycle in Judaism The bereaved in the hospital Bereavement : a pediatric view Divorce and grief Clergy and the medical professionals -- Problems which confront the minister The clergyman as the dying patient's agent The physician's ministry to the dying Alternatives to cure in ministration to the dying Learning to talk with the cancer patient Ministerial leadership in thanatology The minister as part of health care team What does death mean? -- The agnostic and the religious : their coping with death The concept of bereavement Bereavement in New Testament perspective The trouble with the concept "death" Perspectives on death : philosophical and theological Mortality and the fear of death Developing a theology of death Death and incarnation Peter H. Beisheim -- Judith Best -- John M. Humphreys -- Zelda Foster -- Cima Star -- Carroll A. Wise -- Carl A. Nightwsonger -- Joseph R. Proulx -- Glenn W. Davidson -- Daniel C. DeArment -- David H.C. Read -- Edgar Draper -- Kenneth A. Chandler -- William L. Nate, Jr. -- Harry S. Olin and Grace B. Olin -- Richard G. Bruehl -- Walter Debold -- Steven Moss -- Carleton J. Sweetser -- Rudolf Toch -- John Freund -- Edward F. Dobihal -- Robert M. Veatch -- James A. Knight -- Joseph R. Proulx -- Arnoldus Goudsmit -- J. William Worden -- J. Donald Bane and Elizabeth Dorsey I. Smith -- Paul E. Irion -- H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. -- Schuyler P. Brown -- George M.Schurr -- James M. Demske -- Lloyd R. Bailey -- Peter H. Beisheim -- William B. Frazier.