Dialogue on grief and consolation /

Dialogue on grief and consolation /

Have you lost a loved one? The loss can be inestimable, the grief excruciating. What helped you? Did someone say something comforting? Did someone offer a consolation, which you resented? Have you ever tried to comfort someone with a terminal illness or one who has lost a loved one? Knowing how to h...

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Main Author: O'Connell, Terence Lawlor.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 208.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

Subjects:

Consolation.
Grief.

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Call Number: BF575.G7 O25 2009eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • IS GRIEF AMENABLE TO REASON?
  • GRIEF AND ANGER
  • "SHE'S NO LONGER SUFFERING"
  • "SHE HAD A GOOD LIFE"
  • TYPES OF GRIEF AND COMFORT STRATEGIES
  • THE ANNIHILATION CONSOLATION
  • DEATH AS DEPRIVATION
  • WOULD IMMORTALITY BE GOOD?
  • LIFE AS A WORK OF ART
  • DEATH'S IMPACT ON SURVIVORS
  • IS CONSTANT CHANGE CONSOLING?
  • IS PRESENT EXISTENCE BETTER THAN PAST EXISTENCE?
  • GRIEF AND DEATH'S INEVITABILITY
  • THE CYCLE OF LIFE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONS
  • BENEFITS AND HARMS OF GRIEF
  • GRIEF AS A WAY OF KNOWING
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • FOR FURTHER READING
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.