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Pop Culture's Zombie Craze Reflects Death-Fears
An article in the Wall Street Journal says, "By all observable metrics, zombies are totally hot right now." Another article claims that zombies ...
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Famous Actress on the Pain of Aging
Kristin Scott Thomas, the British-born actress who was nominated for an Oscar (The English Patient), talked about the pressure of growing older in a culture ...
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Comparing Our Bodies to an Amusement Park Ride
The Week magazine runs a column called "What's Next?," a regular contest based on current events. In a recent issue they asked readers to ...
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Colorado Festival Tries to Mock Death
How do people in our culture deal with the reality of death? One way is to mock death, as though somehow by thumbing our nose at it, we can prevent it ...
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Christopher Hitchens on Christianity's Greatest Contribution
Before his death in 2011, the outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens was asked if he could identify "Christianity's greatest contribution." ...
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'Death Cafes' Provide Safe Place to Discuss Death
No one wants to talk about death at the dinner table, at a soccer game, or at a party, says Lizzy Miles, a social worker from Columbus, Ohio. But sometimes ...
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Rembrandt Captured the Goodness of Old Age
According to the British art critic Jonathan Jones, many Renaissance artists were "coldly curious" or even cruel in their depictions of old ...
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Is Grief a Form of Mental Illness?
The New York Times ran a moving article about a professor whose son died from a drug overdose. There's a lot to mull over in this article, including ...
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Young Adults Wrestle with Faith and Prayer
NPR interviewed a number of young adults who are drifting from organized religion. A 26-year-old participant named Kyle Simpson grew up with Christian ...
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Woody Allen Reflects on Old Age and Death
A 2012 interview with the actor and film director Woody Allen states that "Allen has been confronting the horror of mortality … since he was ...
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