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010 $a 2008013067
020 $a9780807072936 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aBX9855$b.C48 2008
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100 1 $aChurch, F. Forrester.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79094123
245 10 $aLove & death :$bmy journey through the valley of the shadow /$cForrest Church.
246 3 $aLove and death
260 $aBoston :$bBeacon Press,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $axi, 145 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"On a February day in 2008, Forrest Church sent a letter to the members of his congregation, informing them that he had terminal cancer; his life would now be measured in months, not years. In that remarkable letter, he wrote: "In more than one respect, I feel very lucky." He went on to promise that he would sum up his thoughts on the topics that had been so pervasive in his work - love and death - in a final book." "Church has been justly celebrated as a writer of American history, but his works of spiritual guidance have been especially valued for their insight and inspiration. As a minister, Church defined religion as "our human response to the dual reality of being alive and having to die." The goal of life, he tells us "is to live in such a way that our lives will prove worth dying for." This last book in his impressive oeuvre is imbued with ideas and exemplars for achieving that goal. The stories he offers - drawn from his own experiences and from the lives of his friends, family, and parishioners - are both engrossing and enlightening. Forrest Church's final work may be his most lasting gift to his readers."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSpirituality$xUnitarian Universalist churches.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2021002740
650 0 $aChristian life$xUnitarian Universalist authors.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2021008935
650 0 $aDeath$xReligious aspects$xUnitarian Universalist churches.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2019002091
600 10 $aChurch, F. Forrester.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79094123
852 00 $buts$hBX9855$i.C48 2008