LR103 Death and Resurrection Easter School

Welcome to the LR103 Death and Resurrection Easter School web page. This page is designed to provide useful resources relating to topics covered in LR103 with WEMTC. If you have found useful resources or have questions you would like ask, please do contribute.

What is this Easter School all about?

• Full module description for LR103
• Sample LR103 Programmes and Rotas
• Residential Timetable for dates of the Easter School
• Booklists for this Residential
• Handouts and preliminary reading on this subject
• Residential Centres for map and websites for venues.

Books

• Smith, S. The Forgotten Mourners - Guidelines for Working with Bereaved Children Jessica Kingsley 1999
• Walter, T. Funerals and How to Improve Them London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990
• Walters, G Why do Christians Find it Hard to Grieve? Carlisle, Paternoster, 1997
• Williams, R. Resurrection - Interpreting the Easter Gospel London, DLT, 1982
• Wordern J. Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy Routledge 1983

LR103 Death and Resurrection Web Resources

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Death and Resurrection Theology

Wright's The Resurrection of the Son of God

A detailed overview of N.T. Wright's book The Resurrection of the Son of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God posted by the Open Source Theology Net.

Gerd Ludemann's view of Easter

Controversial New Testament Scholar Gerd Ludemann explains what easter means to him, without a resurrection.

The Many Millenniums

An exploration of different millennial views and their effect on believers..

Beginnings and Ends: Eucharist and Eschatology

This article explore the eschatological imagery of the messianic banquet in the accounts of the Last Supper.

The Grief Process

Grief amd Loss Research Center

Links to sites concerned with grief (funeral and ritual resources, general grief, bereavement counselling) and see also the loss section (links on losses of all sorts - addictions, disabilities, disorders).

Student Grieving

An overview of the grieving process aimed at those counselling students.

Children's responses to death

A site primarily for parents (with adjoining sites for children). Contains stories of children's responses to death at various ages.

Bereavement Poems and Articles

Poems and articles on grieving by the bereaved. This is not a Christian site and the range of poems and articles is fascinating

Seeking Support

BACAP Where to Seek Help

The British Association for Counselling and Psychology has a useful list of groups that might help with specific problems - such as Child Bereavement Trust, WAY Foundation for widows/ widowers under 50 etc etc.

Cruse Bereavement Care

A large national charity involved in bereavement counselling.

The Bereavement Register

A place to register to cut down on junk and direct mail to the deceased.

Children's Bereavement

An online directory of specialist child bereavement charities. Two of our local charities are Bramble's Trust Worcestershire, Winston's Wish Gloucestershire

Cancer Support

One of several sites giving on advice on living (and dying) with cancer.

Support for young widows/ widowers

One of several sites for those who are widowed young (under 50!). See also Care for the Family - A different journey

and The Merry Widow the personal website of Kate Boydell following the journey of this young widow. See generally National Association of Widows

Road Deaths

RoadPeace, the UK's national charity dedicated to supporting bereaved and injured road crash victims. See also S.C.A.R.D Org

Murder and Manslaughter Deaths

Administered by Victim Support this charity offers understanding and support to families and friends, who have been bereaved as a result of murder and manslaughter, through the mutual support of others who have suffered a similar tragedy.

Wills, funerals and Practicalities

If I should die?

A very comprehensive site on all matters around death including: Funerals including woodland burials etc, making a will, organ donation, benefits, the grief process.

Natural Death Centre

The Natural Death Centre aims to support those dying at home and their carers, and to help people arrange inexpensive, family-organised, and environmentally-friendly funerals. It has a more general aim of helping to improve the quality of dying.

John's Gospel Link Pages

John's Gospel

The Australian Catholic University has put up some samples fo their distance learning courses. This is a good overview course of John's Gospel. See also The world and literature of the bible

New Testament Gateway to John

Mark Goodacres's Birmingham University site not only has this links page to John sites but also includes thee ability to search a lot of bible sites i.e. bible versions for particular chapters and verses as well as key words. Also browse the website links and specifically the General Gospels Page

Textweek on John

Textweek's articles and links on John's gospel and see also Commentary on Lectionary Passages containing specific articles on the lectionary texts of John's Gospel.Look around this site more widely as there are specific pages for each Gospel and Acts

Bible.org's online Bible Commentaries

Contains a growing set of online commentaries on NT passages by a variety of authors. Fairly conservative but engaging with academic subjects and the major scholars. Choose John in the directory. The site also gives access to the new free NET translation

The Johannine Literature Web

Felix Just S.J. (of Loyola Marymount University) site for scholarly research into John's Gospel.

Wikipedia on John's Gospel

A good detailed entry, scholarly if slightly dated from Wikipedia the online encyclopedia.

Torrey's Biblical Resources Page

Lots of good links to English material of reasonable quality compiled by a Professor of Hivolda University, Sweden.

Book List

A comprehensive booklist for the study of John's Gospel. There is also a bibliography of journal articles and internet links.

Relevant Articles on John's Gospel

D Bock's IVP Commentary on John

The IVP NT Commentary Series is online courtesy of InterVarsity Press and Gospel Communications International at the New Testament Gateway. Choose John

Jn 14:2 Dwelling in the Household of God

Mary Coloe of the Australian Catholic University explores the eschatology in Jn 14:2. The post-easter disciples found a new experience of God still present in their midst. Although Jesus was no longer with them, they discovered that they could still say, 'God is here'. In the telling of the gospel story, the fourth evangelist found a symbol that could transcend the time-bound humanity of Jesus to speak of a presence of God dwelling in history across all time. This time-transcending symbol was the temple. She then goes on to apply this to Jesus resurrection in: Raising the Johannine Temple (John 19:19-37)

Jn 12:27-33 A Troubled Soul

Barbara Foltin explores a literary and theological reading of this key passage and explores John's eschatology and soteriology.

John and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Recent Perspectives on Johannine Dualism and its Background

Frey argues that the dualism in John's Gospel i eclectic and does not stem from the Dead Sea Scrolls but that both reflect current thoughts in first century Judaism with its diverse traditions.

The Influence of John on Luke's Passion: Toward a Theory of Intergospel Dialogue

Matson argues against scholarly tradition that John's Gospel has influenced Luke and in the process explores their passion accounts. See also his paper on The Temple Incident: An Integral Element in the Fourth Gospel's Narrative in which he sees eschatological significance in John's account of the Temple Incident.

"The Passion and Resurrection According to John,"

Koester explores the Passion Narratives in John's Gospel from Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1991

The promise of life in John's Gospel

Paul Minear explores Jn 11 and the promise of eternal life.

Worship at Easter School

The new Lent, Holy Week, Easter or Times and Seasons

The Church is revising Lent Holy Week and Easter and Promise of his Glory and they were due for publication in 2005 but this does not seem to have happened. The revised formats are available for experimental use from the Praxis web site. There is some good liturgical material here for anyone leading more formal services during Easter School. See especially the Passiontide sections

Eastern Orthodox Church

Information on the church including the Great Lent and Pascha. (No need to download the pan-European language to use it)

Coptic Orthodox Lectionary

Including the Great Lent and Passion Week

See the general religion links as a starting point for your own searching

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Sample LR103 Easter School Programmes

Timetables available include:

• LR103 Timetable for 2006 in web format
• The 2006 timetable in Adobe Acrobat pdf format for downloading (38kb)
• LR3 Timetable 2003
• LR3 Timetable 2000 only available in Adobe Acrobat pdf format for downloading (33kb)

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Module Description for LR103

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Brief description

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Prerequisites

Recommended prior study*

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Content summary

• Psychological models of the stages of dying and bereavement
• Appropriate pastoral care for the dying and the bereaved.
• The liturgical framework within which liturgies of farewell are constructed and presented.
• Pastoral responsibilities surrounding the funeral service.
• Conducting a funeral
• Issues relating to good practice in the care of churchyards.
• Theological reflection on Death, Resurrection, Christian Hope and Eschatology.
• Bible Studies from St John's Gospel
• Visits to crematoria and funeral directors
• Quiet Day
• Holy Week Liturgy and services

Learning outcomes

1. Knowledge and Understanding
   • Be aware of the principal psychological approaches to an understanding of stages of dying and bereavement
   • Have deepened their understanding of the theology of death and dying
   • Have a greater understanding and insight into their own losses
   • Be aware of the liturgical background and theological significance of funeral liturgies.
   • Be familiar with the practices of crematoria and funeral directors.
   • Be able to give an account of Christian Hope
   Have an overview of John's gospel, its main themes and some reflections on its understanding of death and resurrection
2. Skills
   • Be able to organise and conduct a funeral service
   • Be able to facilitate the grieving process
   • Be able to lead a variety of Holy Week Service

Teaching and learning

Assessment

Indicative resources

• Smith, S. The Forgotten Mourners - Guidelines for Working with Bereaved Children Jessica Kingsley 1999
• Walter, T. Funerals and How to Improve Them London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990
• Walters, G Why do Christians Find it Hard to Grieve? Carlisle, Paternoster, 1997
• Williams, R. Resurrection - Interpreting the Easter Gospel London, DLT, 1982
• Wordern J. Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy Routledge 1983

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