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  • Making Sense of Death

    Spiritual,Pastoral and Personal Aspects of Death,Dying and Bereavement

    by Gerry Cox, Robert Bendiksen, Robert Stevenson ...
    Series series Death, Value and Meaning Series
    The editors of "Making Sense of Death: Spiritual, Pastoral, and Personal Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement" provide stimulating discussions as they ponder the meaning of life and death.This anthology explores the process of meaning-making in the face of death and the roles of religion and spirituality at times of loss; the profound and devastating experience of loss in the death of a spouse ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Spiritual, Ethical, and Pastoral Aspects of Death and Bereavement

    by Gerry Cox, Ronald Fundis ...
    Series series Death, Value and Meaning Series
    This collection of previously unpublished essays addresses a wide range of topics relevant to the on-going debates regarding dying and death and the subtleties, nuances, and complexities accompanying these phenomena. The authors have attempted to contribute their experiences, insights, and research results to clarify rather than obfuscate. Topic coverage is broad; however, content depth is not ... Read more

    $199.99 USD

  • Final Acts

    The End of Life: Hospice and Palliative Care

    by Gerry Cox, Robert Stevenson ...
    Series series Death, Value and Meaning Series
    The editors undertook this project to promote the International Conference on Death, Grief, and Bereavement in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. Throughout its history, the conference has attracted internationally known speakers. This book illustrates the quality of their presentations. ... Read more

    $120.99 USD

  • Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death

    by Robert Stevenson, Gerry Cox ...
    Series series Death, Value and Meaning Series
    This book examines violence. It looks at the nature and types of violence, the causes of violence, and the emotional wake left by violent episodes. In the twentieth century, the world experienced two world wars and countless other wars. Many millions died violent deaths from murder, death squads, purges, riots, revolutions, ethnic cleansing, rape, robbery, domestic violence, suicide, gang violence ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Sociology of Death and the American Indian

    by Gerry R. Cox ...
    Sociology of Death and the American Indian examines dying, death, disposal, and bereavement practices and applies those concepts to selectAmerican Indian tribes historically and currently, supplemented with oral histories. The focus is that learning about other cultures can enhance the understanding of one’s own culture by comparing traditional and modern societies. Gerry R. Cox addresses the ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Managing Death: International Perspectives

    by Gerry R. Cox, Neil Thompson ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    There is a huge collection of literature relating to death, grief and bereavement, but one aspect that has received relatively little attention is that of death management practices (by which we mean the various ways of managing the circumstances of the death, ritually acknowledging it and sensitively handling the disposal of the body and so on). While ways of disposing of the dead and grief ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Death and Dying

    Sociological Perspectives

    by Gerry R. Cox, Neil Thompson ...
    Death and Dying is an important core text for students and professionals interested in developing a holistic understanding of death and dying.Chapters are replete with case studies, activities, key point boxes, and other features that enable readers to develop a sociologically informed understanding of the broad range of complex issues that underpin death and dying. Written by two established and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Promoting Resilience

    Responding to Adversity, Vulnerability, and Loss

    Edited by Neil Thompson, Gerry R. Cox ...
    Promoting Resilience offers a fresh perspective that views resilience through a sociological lens, emphasizing the significance of loss issues and highlighting a range of practice implications across a wide range of fields.Drawing on the expertise of a wide range of contributors, the book provides a solid foundation for developing a fuller and more holistic picture of the many challenges ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Innovation in the Italian Counter-Reformation

    by Shannon McHugh, Anna Wainwright, Amedeo Quondam, Virginia Cox, Lisa Bourla, Gerry Milligan, Eugenio Refini, Lisa Sampson, Sarah Gwyneth Ross0, Gabriella Zarri1, Monica Calabritto2, Armando Maggi3, Joseph Perna4, Lynn Lara Westwater5 ...
    Series series The Early Modern Exchange
    The enduring "black legend" of the Italian Counter-Reformation, which has held sway in both scholarly and popular culture, maintains that the Council of Trent ushered in a cultural dark age in Italy, snuffing out the spectacular creative production of the Renaissance. As a result, the decades following Trent have been mostly overlooked in Italian literary studies, in particular. The thirteen ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Complicated Grieving and Bereavement

    Understanding and Treating People Experiencing Loss

    Edited by Gerry Cox, Robert Bendiksen, Robert Stevenson ...
    Series series Death, Value and Meaning Series
    Losses may provide a turning point where an individual faces personal and social choices. Still, one may derive significance through the experience of loss, while another may encounter bereavement with less consequence. "Complicated Grieving and Bereavement: Understanding and Treating People Experiencing Loss" examines complicated grief in special populations, including the mentally ill, POW-MIA ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Handbook of Traumatic Loss

    A Guide to Theory and Practice

    Edited by Neil Thompson, Gerry R. Cox, Robert G. Stevenson ...
    The Handbook of Traumatic Loss adopts a broad, holistic approach that recognizes traumatic loss much more fully as a multidimensional humanphenomenon, not simply a medical condition. Initial chapters build a foundation for understanding traumatic loss and explore the many ways we respond to trauma. Later chapters counterbalance the individualistic focus of dominant approaches to traumatic loss by ... Read more

    $166.99 USD

  • Children, Adolescents, and Death

    Questions and Answers

    Edited by Robert G. Stevenson, Gerry R. Cox ...
    The topic of death and related issues (such as grief) often begin with questions. When the questions come from, or are about, children or adolescents, they bring an additional component…the fear some adults have of giving a “wrong” answer. In this context a wrong answer is one that can cause more harm than good for the child or adolescent who asked the question. This book provides information that ... Read more

    $84.99 USD