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>Alles, was bleibt< ist eine unsentimentale und doch berührende Annäherung an den Tod. Die weltweit führende forensische Anthropologin und Anatomin Sue Black zieht das Fazit ihrer bahnbrechenden Karriere. Sie setzt sich mit den Spielarten des Todes, ihren Ängsten und ihrer eigenen Sterblichkeit und dem Umgang unserer Gesellschaft mit dem Tod auseinander. Dabei erzählt sie von ihrem Werdegang, der mit einem ungewöhnlichen Ferienjob in einem Sch...

Eine einzigartige Mischung aus Autobiografie und Monografie, die Einblicke in eine erstaunliche Welt erlaubt.' VAL MCDERMID >Alles, was bleibt< ist eine unsentimentale und doch berührende Annäherung an den Tod. Die weltweit führende forensische Anthropologin und Anatomin Sue Black zieht hier das Fazit ihrer bahnbrechenden Karriere. Sie setzt sich mit den Spielarten des Todes, ihren Ängsten, dem Sterben ihrer Eltern und ihrer eigenen Sterblich...

Wising Up provides rituals and guidance for women as they age. It helps them make the often difficult life transitions wisely and in the context of their faith communities. Instead of focusing exclusively on time-worn thresholds such as menopause, marriage and divorce, and dying, the book contains affirming rituals on: coming to terms with the changes in one's body, learning to live with and depend on an item like a walker or a hearing aid, gi...

In Worship Across Cultures, Kathy Black reports information about actual Christian worship practices gathered in collaboration with persons who come from and minister with churches in twenty-one different cultural contexts in the US. This book is a uniquely valuable resource whether for pastors who regularly lead Christian worship in cultural contexts beyond their own, or for persons visiting worship in another context to attend a marriage or ...

In A Healing Homiletic: Preaching and Disability, Kathy Black offers a unique and effective approach for preaching about disabilities. By going to the heart of the gospel and drawing on the healing narratives or miracle stories, Black shows how preaching affects the inclusion or exclusion of forty-three million persons with disabilities from our faith communities. A Healing Homiletic provides a new method of preaching about healing, based on S...

As more congregations become culturally and ethnically heterogeneous, pastors are faced with the challenge of designing worship services that address a wide range of differing needs and expectations. Black offers help for congregations that are consciously trying to embrace diversity. She explores types of multicultural worship situations, addresses questions with which worship planners must start, and offers models for building a new congrega...