Theology, Death and Dying

How do we make sense of death-in theology, in philosophy, in experience? How do religions other than Christianity deal with death and with dying? In the now predominantly secular societies of the West, what are we to make of the theologies of death developed by writers such as Becker, Hick, Thielicke, and Macquarrie?

Ray Anderson tackles his subject with clarity and without sentimentality. He discusses first the treatment-and indeed, the denial-of death by contemporary Western society, and i...