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Book Reviews BOOK REVIEWS Bregman, Lucy (2003). Death and dying, spirituality and religions. A study of the death awareness movement (American University Studies, Series VII, Theology and Religion , Vol. 228), New York, Washington, Baltimore, etc.: Peter Lang, ISBN 0-8204-6729-4. Reviewed by Thomas Quartier, Nijmegen In recent decades many authors have stressed the denial and loss of meaning of death and dying in contemporary society. According to these views death is professionalised and ban- ished to hospitals, and modern individuals experience a spiritual and religious vacuum when confronted with death. Lucy Bregman points out a counter movement that has emerged in the last thirty years: the death awareness movement, which has put death and dying back on the agenda. Starting with the work of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and the hospice movement, this trend, which first became influential in the United States, shows a growing interest in death and dying. According to the author, the movement initially claimed to find non-religious mean- ing in death and dying, as the traditional meanings offered by Christian churches no longer fulfilled the needs of modern people. Pretty soon it was realised, however, that it is not pos- sible to approach the meaning of death and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Empirical Theology Brill

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Journal of Empirical Theology , Volume 19 (1): 117 – Jan 1, 2006

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© 2006 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0922-2936
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1570-9256
DOI
10.1163/157092506776901898
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BOOK REVIEWS Bregman, Lucy (2003). Death and dying, spirituality and religions. A study of the death awareness movement (American University Studies, Series VII, Theology and Religion , Vol. 228), New York, Washington, Baltimore, etc.: Peter Lang, ISBN 0-8204-6729-4. Reviewed by Thomas Quartier, Nijmegen In recent decades many authors have stressed the denial and loss of meaning of death and dying in contemporary society. According to these views death is professionalised and ban- ished to hospitals, and modern individuals experience a spiritual and religious vacuum when confronted with death. Lucy Bregman points out a counter movement that has emerged in the last thirty years: the death awareness movement, which has put death and dying back on the agenda. Starting with the work of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and the hospice movement, this trend, which first became influential in the United States, shows a growing interest in death and dying. According to the author, the movement initially claimed to find non-religious mean- ing in death and dying, as the traditional meanings offered by Christian churches no longer fulfilled the needs of modern people. Pretty soon it was realised, however, that it is not pos- sible to approach the meaning of death and

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Published: Jan 1, 2006

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