A Pastoral Perspective on the Theology of Death

Introduction:

The issue of death may be seen in theological terms as a small part of the the pursuit of systematic theology, or a significant part of the doctrine of eschatology. Alternatively, death and dying may be seen as raising vital pastoral issues. Our aim here is to integrate theological and pastoral insights to enable churches and their leaders to be more effective in dealing with the wide variety of issues arising out of the death of people linked to our churches.There are many challenging pastoral questions which church leaders regularly face. These are the sort of questions we want to address here. But before doing so, we will sketch a few vital issues of theological understanding which will affect how we answer practical questions about the everyday reality of death and dying. >>

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