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The Christian idea of a good death had its roots in the Middle Ages
with ars moriendi, featuring reliance on Jesus as Savior,
preparedness for the life to come and for any spiritual battle that
might ensue when on the threshold of death, and death not taking
place in isolation. Evangelicalism introduced new features to the
good death, with its focus on conversion, sanctification and an
intimate relationship with Jesus. Scholarship focused on
mid-nineteenth-century evangelical Nonconformist beliefs about
death and the afterlife is sparse. This book fills the gap,
contributing an understanding not only of death but of the history
of Methodist and evangelical Nonconformist piety, theology, social
background and literary expression in mid-nineteenth-century
England. A good death was as central to Methodism as conversion and
holiness. Analyzing over 1,200 obituaries, Riso reveals that while
the last words of the dying pointed to a timeless experience of
hope in the life to come, the obituaries reflect changing attitudes
towards death and the afterlife among nineteenth-century
evangelical Nonconformist observers who looked increasingly to
earthly existence for the fulfillment of hopes. Exploring tensions
in Nonconformist allegiance to both worldly and spiritual matters,
this book offers an invaluable contribution to death studies,
Methodism, and Evangelical theology.
The Christian idea of a good death had its roots in the Middle Ages
with ars moriendi, featuring reliance on Jesus as Savior,
preparedness for the life to come and for any spiritual battle that
might ensue when on the threshold of death, and death not taking
place in isolation. Evangelicalism introduced new features to the
good death, with its focus on conversion, sanctification and an
intimate relationship with Jesus. Scholarship focused on
mid-nineteenth-century evangelical Nonconformist beliefs about
death and the afterlife is sparse. This book fills the gap,
contributing an understanding not only of death but of the history
of Methodist and evangelical Nonconformist piety, theology, social
background and literary expression in mid-nineteenth-century
England. A good death was as central to Methodism as conversion and
holiness. Analyzing over 1,200 obituaries, Riso reveals that while
the last words of the dying pointed to a timeless experience of
hope in the life to come, the obituaries reflect changing attitudes
towards death and the afterlife among nineteenth-century
evangelical Nonconformist observers who looked increasingly to
earthly existence for the fulfillment of hopes. Exploring tensions
in Nonconformist allegiance to both worldly and spiritual matters,
this book offers an invaluable contribution to death studies,
Methodism, and Evangelical theology.
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