An encounter with the death of another is often an occasion when
the bereaved need to be sustained in their loss, relieved of the
anxiety that the meeting with death engenders, and comforted in
their grief. It is a time when those left behind often seek to
redress wrongs in themselves or in the relationships that death has
shaken and upset. In both collective and individual responses to
the trauma of encountering death, we witness efforts to counter the
misfortune and to explain the meaning of the loss, to turn memory
into blessing, to reconcile life with death, to regenerate life,
and redeem both the bereaved and the dead. Sometimes loss may
transform the bereaved in ways that lead to growth and maturity;
other times a loss leads to unremitting anger or melancholia. There
may be a variety of spiritual expressions that the bereaved
experience in their time of loss, but there appears to be some
common elements in all of them. Overtime, survivors' feelings are
transformed into growing exploration of the spiritual, a profound
sense of rebirth, newfound feelings of self-mastery or confidence,
and a deeply held conviction that "life goes on." The contributions
to this volume are based on a conference held in New York on the
first anniversary of September 11, 2001. Contributors include Peter
Metcalf, Robert Jay Lifton, Ilana Harlow, Robert A. Neimeyer,
Samuel Heilman, and Neil Gillman. This sensitive and heartfelt
volume relates specifically to issues of death, bereavement, and
mourning in the aftermath of the attack on the World Trade Center,
but the applications to other individual and catastrophic events is
obvious. The contributions do not simply explore how people deal
with bereavement or are psychologically affected by extreme grief:
they address how people can try to find meaning in tragedy and
loss, and strive to help restore order in the wake of chaos. The
multidisciplinary perspectives include those of anthropology,
psychology, theology, social work, and art.
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