Accompany them with singing :the Christian funeral /Thomas G. Long.
Description
Marking death : human rituals, Christian practices -- On bodies shunned and bodies raised -- The future of the dead in Christ -- Whatever happened to the Christian funeral? -- The funeral as worshipful drama -- In the hour of our death -- The marks of a good funeral -- Planning the funeral : practical matters -- Telling the truth about life and death : preaching at funerals -- Appendix: Difficult funerals.
xvi, 224 p. :ill. ;24 cm.