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Approaching the end : a theological exploration of death and dying / David Albert Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford studies in theological ethicsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: viii, 241 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780199287154
  • 0199287155
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 236/.1 22
LOC classification:
  • BT825 .J66 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
The need for a theological approach to death -- In every way a good thing : death in the thought of Ambrose of Milan -- Not good for anyone : death in the thought of Augustine of Hippo -- An illuminating comparison : Augustine and Ambrose on the theology of death -- In one way natural, in another unnatural : death in the thought of Thomas Aquinas -- Both something suffered and a human act : death in the thought of Karl Rahner -- Final reflections.
Item type: Books

Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-238) and indexes.

The need for a theological approach to death -- In every way a good thing : death in the thought of Ambrose of Milan -- Not good for anyone : death in the thought of Augustine of Hippo -- An illuminating comparison : Augustine and Ambrose on the theology of death -- In one way natural, in another unnatural : death in the thought of Thomas Aquinas -- Both something suffered and a human act : death in the thought of Karl Rahner -- Final reflections.