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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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Last Words of Famous Rock Stars
In his book, The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars, rock historian Jeremy Simmonds writes, "When the final moment [of life] does arrive, even the most ...
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Contest Tries to Name Funeral Home Café
A South Carolina funeral home was planning to open what it calls a "Coffee Corner." It was stocked with Starbucks coffee and offer WiFi as well ...
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Children's Book Character Carries His "Sadness Shield"
We all seem to need a strategy for coping with the experience of grief. In the screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book Where ...
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