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Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul

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Stephen Jenkinson; Martin Shaw (Foreword by)

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Die Wisedoes not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Stephen Jenkinson places death at the center of the page and asks us to behold it in all its painful beauty. Die Wise teaches the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply and well. Die Wise is for those who will fail to live forever.

Dying well, Jenkinson writes, is a right and responsibility of everyone. It is a moral, political, and spiritual obligation each person owes their ancestors and their heirs. It is not a lifestyle option. It is a birthright and a debt. Die Wisedreams such a dream, and plots such an uprising. How we die, how we care for dying people, and how we carry our dead- this work makes our village life, or breaks it.

Table of Contents
The Ordeal of a Managed Death
Stealing Meaning from Dying
The Tyrant Hope
The Quality of Life
Yes, But Not Like This
The Work
So Who Are the Dying to You?
Dying Facing Home
What Dying Asks of Us All
Kids
Ah, My Friend the Enemy

In the end, Jenkinson's message is not one of despair-he believes learning to love death is in fact one of the most direct ways to love life.

Author description

STEPHEN JENKINSON MTS MSW is an activist, teacher, author, and farmer. He has a master's degree in theology from Harvard University and a master's degree in social work from the University of Toronto. Formerly a program director at a major Canadian hospital and medical-school assistant professor, Stephen is now a sought-after workshop leader, speaker, and consultant to palliative care and hospice organizations. He is the founder of The Orphan Wisdom School in Canada and the subject of the documentary film "Griefwalker."

General Fields

ISBN : 9781583949733
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Imprint : North Atlantic Books
Publication date : March 2015
Dimensions : 229mm X 152mm
Produced in : United States
Availability date : April 2015
Product Type : books

Special Fields

Pages : 416
Author : Stephen Jenkinson; Martin Shaw (Foreword by)
Author : Stephen Jenkinson; Martin Shaw (Foreword by)
Dewey classification : 155.9/37
Dewey classification : 155.9/37
Language : English
Language : English
Bind : Paperback
Bind : Paperback
Pages : 416