Approaching the End: A Theological Exploration of Death and Dying (Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics) PDF
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OXFORD STUDIES IN THEOLOGICAL ETHICS General Editor Oliver O’Donovan Approaching the End OXFORDSTUDIESINTHEOLOGICALETHICS The series presents discussions on topics of general concern to ChristianEthics,asitiscurrentlytaughtinuniversitiesandcolleges, at the level demanded by a serious student. The volumes will not be specialized monographs nor general introductions or surveys. They aim to make a contribution worthy of notice in its own right butalsofocusedinsuchawayastoprovideasuitablestartingpoint fororientation. The titles include studies in important contributors to the Christian tradition of moral thought; explorations of current moral and social questions; and discussions of central concepts in Christian moral and political thought. Authors treat their topics in a way that will show the relevance of the Christian tradition, but with openness to neighbouring traditions of thought which have entered into dialogue with it. Approaching the End ATheological Exploration of Death and Dying DAVID ALBERT JONES 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dp OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. 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This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofAbbreviations ix Introduction 1 1. TheNeedforaTheologicalApproachtoDeath 9 Death,grieving,andkilling 9 Thecontribution oftheology 15 Themethodofthepresentstudy 22 2. InEveryWayaGoodThing:DeathintheThought ofAmbroseofMilan 24 BackgroundtothethoughtofAmbroseofMilan 24 Threedeaths 27 Deathasbonum 31 Freeingthesoulfromthebody 32 Ambrose’sachievement 35 3. NotGoodforAnyone:DeathintheThought ofAugustineofHippo 37 BackgroundtothethoughtofAugustineofHippo 37 Threedeaths 39 Deathasmalum 43 Platonism 45 ThefallfromEdenandthePlatonicfallmyth 49 4. AnIlluminatingComparison:AugustineandAmbrose ontheTheologyofDeath 56 Striking parallels 57 PaulthroughtheeyesofAmbroseandAugustine 59 Virginityandmortification 63 Suicideandmartyrdom 68 Fearofdeath,grief,andcarefor thedead 72 Thingsleftunsaid 86 viii Contents 5. InOneWayNatural,inAnotherUnnatural:Death intheThoughtofThomasAquinas 90 BackgroundtothethoughtofThomasAquinas 90 Soulandbody 94 Theseparatedsoul 106 Isdeathnatural? 110 Homicideandsuicide 118 Mortalfear 129 Hopeofheavenandcarefor thedead 134 6. BothSomethingSufferedandaHumanAct:Death intheThoughtofKarlRahner 144 BackgroundtothethoughtofKarlRahner 144 Aneventconcerningthehumanbeingasawhole 149 Theconsequenceofsin 154 DyingwithChrist 157 Martyrdom 161 Lexiconsandotherinfluences 165 ThedevelopmentofRahner’sthought 169 Ambroseredivivus? 173 Deathasahumanact 177 Thelibertyofthesick 181 Themodernproblematic 184 7. FinalReflections 187 Reviewingthecentralargument 187 Goodgrief 190 Fearfulhope 195 Killing 198 Suicideandmartyrdom 201 Assistedsuicideandeuthanasia 205 Lawandpublicpolicy 209 Withholdingandwithdrawingtreatment 212 Sustainingtheunconscious 215 Makingagooddeath 219 Bibliography 222 Index 239 ScripturalIndex 242 List of Abbreviations BM Ambrose of Milan, De bono mortis; English trans. by M.P.McHugh,‘DeathasaGood’inP.M.Peeblesetal. (eds.)SaintAmbrose:SevenExegeticalWorks,TheFathers ofthe Church: A New Translation, vol.65, Washington: CatholicUniversityofAmericaPress,1972. CD Augustine of Hippo, De civitate Dei; English trans. by H. Bettenson, Augustine: City of God, London: Penguin Books,1984.Allquotationsreproducedbypermissionof PenguinBooksLimited. FR AmbroseofMilan,Defideresurrectionis;Englishtrans.by H. De Romestin, ‘On the Belief in the Resurrection’, in Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (NPN), seriesII,vol.10,GrandRapids,Mich.,1887. ST Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae; English trans. by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Summa Theologica, London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1912–36. QD2 KarlRahner,ZurTheologiedesTodes,QuaestionesDispu- tatae 2, 1958; English trans., On the Theology of Death, QuaestionesDisputatae2,NewYork:HerderandHerder, 1961.AllquotationsreproducedbypermissionofCross- roadPublishing.
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