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Embracing Life and Death: Insights on Living, Dying, and Death Education (Volume 1)(82 Bold Visions in Educational Research)

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Embracing Life and Death breaks the silence surrounding death, offering a comprehensive exploration into ethical living, terminal illness, and death education. Featuring contributions from 20 distinguished authors, this volume weaves personal narratives and academic research to understand life’s final journey. Through authentic inquiry and participatory research, the authors underscore the importance of acknowledging mortality to enhance life's choices, fostering compassion and mindful living. The book integrates diverse cultural and religious perspectives, highlighting spiritual practices, palliative care, and the transformative potential of large language models like ChatGPT.

This resource is ideal for universities, K-12 schools, hospitals, palliative care and hospice centers, nursing homes, multi-faith churches, libraries, age-restricted communities, and home care providers. Embracing Life and Death is a call to action for ongoing dialogue and exploration, encouraging readers to reflect on their beliefs and engage in a compassionate, global conversation on mortality. This essential read promotes a nuanced appreciation of life and death, advocating for a more intentional and enriched human experience.

Contributors are: Dimitris Alexakos, Konstantinos Alexakos, Wladina Antoine Alexakos, Mitch Bleier, Chia-ju Chang, Piyanate Chuychai, Gene Fellner, Ranjit Gopi, Leonard Herczeg, Badri K. C., Vickie Karkazis, Peter Kaufman, Anna Malyukova, Xicoténcatl Martínez Ruiz, Eleanor A. Miele, Kashi Raj Pandey, Orest Pelechaty, Kenneth Tobin, Taya Wanasen and Jo-I Wu.


Table of Contents:
List of Figures Notes on Contributors 1 Perspectives on Mortality and Education  Kenneth Tobin and Konstantinos Alexakos 2 Understanding Life’s End: A Journey of Awareness and Research  Kenneth Tobin and Konstantinos Alexakos 3 A Sociology of My Death  Peter Kaufman 4 Rediscovering the Deathbed  Eleanor Miele 5 Reimagining the Boundaries of Life and Death  Dimitris Antoine Alexakos 6 Put That Knife Down: A Journey on How Buddhist Practices Saved My Life from Depression  Taya Wanasen 7 Living Life after Depression: Through a Lens of a Mindfulness Practitioner  Piyanate Chuychai 8 Living and Dying a Good Life  Ranjit Gopi 9 Right Action Is Its Own Reward  Gene Fellner 10 Conceiving the Inconceivable… and Then What? A Response to Ranjit Gopi  Mitch Bleier 11 Honoring Impermanence  Vickie Karkazis 12 Buddhist Perspectives of Animal Hospice and Transition to the Spiritual Home  Jo-I Wu 13 When Eudemonia Meets Impermanence: A Zen Perspective on Liberation  Chia-ju Chang 14 A Source of Peace: Death and Joy in Sanskrit Texts  Xicoténcatl Martínez Ruiz 15 Insights from Death Park: Dialogues on Life and Death  Kashi Raj Pandey, Badri K. C. and Kenneth Tobin 16 In Preparation of Emotional Well-being through Narrative Reflection: Reflecting Death and Dying from a Compassionate Proximity  Kashi Raj Pandey 17 Ruminations on Life, Aging, and Death  Leonard Herczeg 18 Running Marathons: A Letter to my Mother  Anna Malyukova 19 Changing Views on the Process of Dying  Wladina Antoine Alexakos 20 Navigating Life’s Final Passage: The Practice of P’howa  Orest Pelechaty 21 Reflections on the End of Life: A Multicultural Examination through Death Education  Kenneth Tobin 22 Faith & Farewell: A Family Navigates Life’s Final Decisions  Kenneth Tobin 23 Utilizing LLM s in Research on Dying, Mortality, and the Afterlife  Kenneth Tobin Index 301


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789004424289
  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publisher Imprint: Brill
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 306
  • Series Title: 82 Bold Visions in Educational Research
  • Weight: 462 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9004424288
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jan 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Insights on Living, Dying, and Death Education (Volume 1)
  • Width: 155 mm


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