Is there an art of dying well? If human lives have a meaning and we
experience them as profoundly meaningful then so must our deaths
and the deaths of our loved ones. Too often we are tempted to
ignore our own mortality and fill our lives with distracting and
strenuous activity. Yet, despite all our efforts, death plays an
inescapable role in shaping our lives. Whether due to ordinary
circumstances, a life-threatening diagnosis, military service, or
even religious or ethnic persecution, we are called at times to
have the courage to accept the possibility of death. On Christian
Dying gathers original texts from the great saints and teachers of
the Christian tradition to present 2000 years of theological wisdom
on death and dying. Editor Matthew Levering mines the best of
classical thought with selections that offer both ancient and
contemporary Christians as models for emulation. He includes
writings from Ignatius of Antioch, St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas,
Catherine of Siena, Thomas More, John Henry Newman, and St. Therese
of Liseux, among others. This volume explores the questions: What
is a "good" death? How can we live life to prepare for it? What
happens to those who have died? What is "martyrdom"? How should a
Christian understand death in light of Christ's cross? How are
those who have died related to the living? Distinguished by its
historical scope, accessible appeal for classroom and seminary use,
and the spiritually profound accounts of Christian death and dying,
On Christian Dying will be of value to anyone interested in the
ultimate meanings of life or facing their own death or that of a
loved one."
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