The companion volume, Volume II: A Commentary on Liturgical Texts, reviews a wide range of current Christian funeral rites and examines how they reflect both the Church's concern for the death and resurrection of Christ and the contemporary ...

The companion volume, Volume I: A Pastoral and Liturgical Theology, proposes that the Church ought to construct its theological agenda in dialogue with other fields of study.

The traditional understandings of death and life after death are challenged by the disciplines of medicine, the law, philosophy, psychology and anthropology.This two-volume study of Christian funerary theology and practice is written from ...

The companion volume, Volume I: A Pastoral and Liturgical Theology, proposes that the Church ought to construct its theological agenda in dialogue with other fields of study.

A personal companion for life's hardest time - the days immediately following a bereavement. Gentle and kind, it nevertheless encourages people on to building the future.

Breathtaking in its scope and beauty of expression, this collection of meditations by one of the most gifted teachers and preachers of the twentieth century follows the rhythm of the Christian year and its parallels in the seasons of nature ...