A Good and Holy Death: Ars Moriendi and the Battle of Wit versus Truth

There is an ancient Christian tradition of a ‘good and holy death’. That tradition has largely been forgotten in the medicalization of death, which regards death solely as an enemy to be defeated at all costs. This paper examines the tradition of a holy death through the lens of Margaret Edson'...

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Main Author: Rentfro, Daniel (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
In: New blackfriars
Year: 2022, Volume: 104, Issue: 1108, Pages: 730-744