Ars moriendi – between the eschatology of salvation and the quality of dying. Secular and religious models of good death
The paper is focused on the analysis of exemplifications of good death models: sacred and secular, and their validation for contemporary Poles. Firstly, there is a sacred model of good death as put in Ars bene moriendi treatises popular in Middle Ages presented. The quality of death in such treatise...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Polish |
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Polskie Towarzyrtwo Religioznawcze
2016
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Przegla̜d religioznawczy
Year: 2016, Issue: 4/262, Pages: 123-133 |
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| Summary: | The paper is focused on the analysis of exemplifications of good death models: sacred and secular, and their validation for contemporary Poles. Firstly, there is a sacred model of good death as put in Ars bene moriendi treatises popular in Middle Ages presented. The quality of death in such treatises is based on eschatological hope for redemption, and heavenly peace. Such a model of good death is still valid for around one third of Polish population. Secondly, there are secular models of good death. Here, death is understood as a good one when it is painless, unconscious, possibly in a dream, but when it makes farewell with friends and family possible, at home. In such models (natural, expressive) - most popular among contemporary Poles - the quality of death is based on socio-psychological dimensions, and refers to a quality of dying, and not religious hope for a future, post-mortem salvation. The models of good death presented in the paper are understood as social constructs, that gain or lose their credibility in the context of changing society, but may be represented simultaneously as well. |
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| ISSN: | 2658-1531 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Przegla̜d religioznawczy
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