A Fitting End ― Making the Most of a Funeral

For all our present day sophistication, the subject of death - its inevitability and its finality - remains largely undiscussed. When a death occurs, clergy and other professionals working with bereaved families encounter not only a broad range of human emotions, but widely varying ideas about what death means, and vastly differing expectations of what should happen at the funeral. Added complications can and do occur. A tragic death may plunge an entire community into grief, or a hidden relationship may emerge. Every death is different and makes unique pastoral demands.
This book equips all those who deal with the bereaved to fulfil their responsibilities with compassion and understanding, and to ask important questions about their own mortality. Undergirding the very practical guidance that is offered is an informative survey of the many ways - some quite extraordinary - that death is regarded today. At a time of helplessness and vulnerability, A Fitting End will be an invaluable guide to sharing the Christian hope of life unending.