Dying to Live

Marian Carter is an experienced priest and theological educator. She was Senior Lecturer in Pastoral Theology at the College of St Mark and St John Plymouth and before that a Tutor on the South West Ministry Course.

• 1. Laying the Foundations2. Care of the Dying and of Their Carers3. Ministry to the Bereaved4. Another Ending - the Funeral5. Liturgy, Theology and Funerals for the Non-Churched6. Looking to the Future7. Resources for Pastoral Carers8. Joining Up the Dots

Here is a succinct but profound and comprehensive introduction to the care of the dying and the bereaved. Marian Carter, an Anglican priest, offers us the fruit of many years of creative caring practice, not least in a hospice, and as a teacher. She also draws on a wealth of insights from sociology, psychology, history and theology. Importantly the discussion is firmly set in the contemporary context of our multi-religious and pluralistic society. Thus she includes notes on the beliefs and practices of other religious traditions. The result is an enormously valuable resource which will have a wide appeal. It will be both a basic text in training and a constant point of reference not only for clergy and lay pastors but for those in other professions, such as nursing, medicine and counselling, who have to work with the dying and the bereaved.