Living Well and Dying Faithfully: Christian Practices for End-of-Life Care

Living Well and Dying Faithfully: Christian Practices for End-of-Life Care

Shows how medicine and Christian practice together can enhance the well-being of those who are dying   John Swinton  is professor of practical theology and pastoral care at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and founding director of Aberdeen's Centre for Spirituality, Health, and Disability. He worked as a nurse for sixteen years within the fields of mental health and learning disabilities and later also as a community mental health chaplain. Richard Payne (1952–2019) was the Esther Colliflower Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Divinity at Duke Divinity School. At Duke, he founded and directed the Institute on Care at the End of Life, which later expanded into the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative. His areas of expertise included pain relief, palliative care, oncology, and neurology. Stanley Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law at Duke University. Among his many books are Resident Aliens, A Community of Character, Living Gently in a Violent World, and A Cross-Shattered Church.