SOFiA Newsletter 172 June 2024
 
 
Exploring Values, Meaning and SpiritualityImage of dover beach
 
Limestone cliffs like those at Dover, scene of the poem “Dover Beach”

Different Gods
Tom Hall points out the variety in concepts of God in the Bible. More…
Conservatives and Liberals, Unite!
In 2002, Lloyd Geering was invited to Niagara Falls as a speaker at the first SnowStar conference entitled, “Where is Fundamentalism Leading Us?” To this day, David Galston regards that conference as one of the best conferences he has ever attended.  More...
 
How my thinking has changed – by Sir Lloyd Geering

It was during my second year at university that a series of events occurred in such swift succession that they resulted a major change in my life. At the invitation of a student friend from school days, I began to attend the Presbyterian Church he went to, and I soon followed him even more enthusiastically into the activities of the Student Christian Movement.  More...
On Being Mortal Part 2: Medical Approaches

Doctors are in the special position of accompanying many people at the end of life. This can give them great wisdom in relation to the issues that arise. 
Article by Laurie Chisholm, editor More...
Being mortal: ilness, Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande 2014

Atul Gawande is an American surgeon of Indian ethnicity.  This book consists largely of stories. Review by Laurie Chisholm.  More...
The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom by Lydia Dugdale 2020

Doctors tend to fail to guide patients to die wisely. Health care systems are like car assembly lines or freezing works in reverse (putting people together rather than taking dead animals apart). They are the opposite of slow medicine and a dialogue with patients that prepares them to die wisely.  More...
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross: On Death and Dying 1969

Her book is based on interviews with the dying and is famous for the model she propounded. The dying follow a multi-stage process. First they are in denial about the diagnosis, then they become angry; “Why did this happen to me?” Next they engage in bargaining, fall into depression and finally find acceptance of their fate. Others regard this model as helpful but deny that everyone follows the same path.  More...
 
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