Embracing Life and Death
Insights on Living, Dying, and Death Education (Volume 1)
Published on 9. January 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
318 pages
978-90-04-42428-9 (ISBN)
Description
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, Xicotencatl Martinez Ruiz, Eleanor A. Miele, Kashi Raj Pandey, Orest Pelechaty, Kenneth Tobin, Taya Wanasen and Jo-I Wu.
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, Xicotencatl Martinez Ruiz, Eleanor A. Miele, Kashi Raj Pandey, Orest Pelechaty, Kenneth Tobin, Taya Wanasen and Jo-I Wu.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-42428-9 (9789004424289)
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Kenneth Tobin | Konstantinos Alexakos
Embracing Life and Death
Insights on Living, Dying, and Death Education (Volume 1)
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Persons
Kenneth Tobin, Presidential Professor Emeritus at CUNY Graduate Center, taught high school science for a decade before holding university positions in Australia and the U.S. His research focuses on contemplative practices, wellness, and energy-related treatments for human pathology.
Konstantinos Alexakos, Professor at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, coordinates Adolescence Science Education. His research addresses teaching, learning, emotions, wellness, and critical social issues like race, gender, and sexuality to enhance well-being and education.
Konstantinos Alexakos, Professor at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, coordinates Adolescence Science Education. His research addresses teaching, learning, emotions, wellness, and critical social issues like race, gender, and sexuality to enhance well-being and education.
Content
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
?Xicotencatl Martinez 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
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
?Xicotencatl Martinez 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