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Embracing Life and Death
Insights on Living, Dying, and Death Education (Volume 1)
Series: - Bold Visions in Educational Research, Volume: 82
Embracing Life and Death breaks the silence surrounding death, offering a comprehensive exploration into ethical living, terminal illness, and death education. Featuring contributions from 20 distinguished authors, this volume weaves personal narratives and academic research to understand lifeâs final journey. Through authentic inquiry and participatory research, the authors underscore the importance of acknowledging mortality to enhance life's choices, fostering compassion and mindful living. The book integrates diverse cultural and religious perspectives, highlighting spiritual practices, palliative care, and the transformative potential of large language models like ChatGPT.
This resource is ideal for universities, K-12 schools, hospitals, palliative care and hospice centers, nursing homes, multi-faith churches, libraries, age-restricted communities, and home care providers. Embracing Life and Death is a call to action for ongoing dialogue and exploration, encouraging readers to reflect on their beliefs and engage in a compassionate, global conversation on mortality. This essential read promotes a nuanced appreciation of life and death, advocating for a more intentional and enriched human experience.
Contributors are: Dimitris Alexakos, Konstantinos Alexakos, Wladina Antoine Alexakos, Mitch Bleier, Chia-ju Chang, Piyanate Chuychai, Gene Fellner, Ranjit Gopi, Leonard Herczeg, Badri K. C., Vickie Karkazis, Peter Kaufman, Anna Malyukova, Xicoténcatl MartÃnez Ruiz, Eleanor A. Miele, Kashi Raj Pandey, Orest Pelechaty, Kenneth Tobin, Taya Wanasen and Jo-I Wu.
This resource is ideal for universities, K-12 schools, hospitals, palliative care and hospice centers, nursing homes, multi-faith churches, libraries, age-restricted communities, and home care providers. Embracing Life and Death is a call to action for ongoing dialogue and exploration, encouraging readers to reflect on their beliefs and engage in a compassionate, global conversation on mortality. This essential read promotes a nuanced appreciation of life and death, advocating for a more intentional and enriched human experience.
Contributors are: Dimitris Alexakos, Konstantinos Alexakos, Wladina Antoine Alexakos, Mitch Bleier, Chia-ju Chang, Piyanate Chuychai, Gene Fellner, Ranjit Gopi, Leonard Herczeg, Badri K. C., Vickie Karkazis, Peter Kaufman, Anna Malyukova, Xicoténcatl MartÃnez Ruiz, Eleanor A. Miele, Kashi Raj Pandey, Orest Pelechaty, Kenneth Tobin, Taya Wanasen and Jo-I Wu.
Kenneth Tobin, Presidential Professor Emeritus at CUNY Graduate Center, taught high school science for a decade before holding university positions in Australia and the U.S. His research focuses on contemplative practices, wellness, and energy-related treatments for human pathology.
Konstantinos Alexakos, Professor at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, coordinates Adolescence Science Education. His research addresses teaching, learning, emotions, wellness, and critical social issues like race, gender, and sexuality to enhance well-being and education.
Konstantinos Alexakos, Professor at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, coordinates Adolescence Science Education. His research addresses teaching, learning, emotions, wellness, and critical social issues like race, gender, and sexuality to enhance well-being and education.
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
1 Perspectives on Mortality and Education
âKenneth Tobin and Konstantinos Alexakos
2 Understanding Lifeâs End: A Journey of Awareness and Research
âKenneth Tobin and Konstantinos Alexakos
3 A Sociology of My Death
âPeter Kaufman
4 Rediscovering the Deathbed
âEleanor Miele
5 Reimagining the Boundaries of Life and Death
âDimitris Antoine Alexakos
6 Put That Knife Down: A Journey on How Buddhist Practices Saved My Life from Depression
âTaya Wanasen
7 Living Life after Depression: Through a Lens of a Mindfulness Practitioner
âPiyanate Chuychai
8 Living and Dying a Good Life
âRanjit Gopi
9 Right Action Is Its Own Reward
âGene Fellner
10 Conceiving the Inconceivable⦠and Then What? A Response to Ranjit Gopi
âMitch Bleier
11 Honoring Impermanence
âVickie Karkazis
12 Buddhist Perspectives of Animal Hospice and Transition to the Spiritual Home
âJo-I Wu
13 When Eudemonia Meets Impermanence: A Zen Perspective on Liberation
âChia-ju Chang
14 A Source of Peace: Death and Joy in Sanskrit Texts
âXicoténcatl MartÃnez Ruiz
15 Insights from Death Park: Dialogues on Life and Death
âKashi Raj Pandey, Badri K. C. and Kenneth Tobin
16 In Preparation of Emotional Well-being through Narrative Reflection: Reflecting Death and Dying from a Compassionate Proximity
âKashi Raj Pandey
17 Ruminations on Life, Aging, and Death
âLeonard Herczeg
18 Running Marathons: A Letter to my Mother
âAnna Malyukova
19 Changing Views on the Process of Dying
âWladina Antoine Alexakos
20 Navigating Lifeâs Final Passage: The Practice of Pâhowa
âOrest Pelechaty
21 Reflections on the End of Life: A Multicultural Examination through Death Education
âKenneth Tobin
22 Faith & Farewell: A Family Navigates Lifeâs Final Decisions
âKenneth Tobin
23 Utilizing LLMâs in Research on Dying, Mortality, and the Afterlife
âKenneth Tobin
Indexâ301
Notes on Contributors
1 Perspectives on Mortality and Education
âKenneth Tobin and Konstantinos Alexakos
2 Understanding Lifeâs End: A Journey of Awareness and Research
âKenneth Tobin and Konstantinos Alexakos
3 A Sociology of My Death
âPeter Kaufman
4 Rediscovering the Deathbed
âEleanor Miele
5 Reimagining the Boundaries of Life and Death
âDimitris Antoine Alexakos
6 Put That Knife Down: A Journey on How Buddhist Practices Saved My Life from Depression
âTaya Wanasen
7 Living Life after Depression: Through a Lens of a Mindfulness Practitioner
âPiyanate Chuychai
8 Living and Dying a Good Life
âRanjit Gopi
9 Right Action Is Its Own Reward
âGene Fellner
10 Conceiving the Inconceivable⦠and Then What? A Response to Ranjit Gopi
âMitch Bleier
11 Honoring Impermanence
âVickie Karkazis
12 Buddhist Perspectives of Animal Hospice and Transition to the Spiritual Home
âJo-I Wu
13 When Eudemonia Meets Impermanence: A Zen Perspective on Liberation
âChia-ju Chang
14 A Source of Peace: Death and Joy in Sanskrit Texts
âXicoténcatl MartÃnez Ruiz
15 Insights from Death Park: Dialogues on Life and Death
âKashi Raj Pandey, Badri K. C. and Kenneth Tobin
16 In Preparation of Emotional Well-being through Narrative Reflection: Reflecting Death and Dying from a Compassionate Proximity
âKashi Raj Pandey
17 Ruminations on Life, Aging, and Death
âLeonard Herczeg
18 Running Marathons: A Letter to my Mother
âAnna Malyukova
19 Changing Views on the Process of Dying
âWladina Antoine Alexakos
20 Navigating Lifeâs Final Passage: The Practice of Pâhowa
âOrest Pelechaty
21 Reflections on the End of Life: A Multicultural Examination through Death Education
âKenneth Tobin
22 Faith & Farewell: A Family Navigates Lifeâs Final Decisions
âKenneth Tobin
23 Utilizing LLMâs in Research on Dying, Mortality, and the Afterlife
âKenneth Tobin
Indexâ301
Embracing Life and Death is ideal for universities, K-12 schools, hospitals, palliative care and hospice centers, nursing homes, multi-faith churches, libraries, age-restricted communities, and home care providers.