A Funeral Manual: Perry H. Biddle, Jr - Softcover

Biddle, Perry

 
9780802806970: A Funeral Manual: Perry H. Biddle, Jr

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A sensitive resource for planning and conducting Christian funerals and providing pastoral care to the bereaved. Written from the perspective of the resurrection of the body rather than that of the immortality of the soul, this book seeks to make the funeral service a celebration of hope. Includes a selection of funeral rites, selecting music, and developing church policy statements.

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Perry Biddle (1933-2011) was an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) who served congregations in Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. He was also a graduate of Union Theological Seminary and Vanderbilt Divinity School. He authored many practical resources for pastoral work.

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This book features the new Presbyterian liturgy 'The Funeral: A Service of Witness to the Resurrection.' There is a new sermon for the funeral of one who completed suicide, plus a section of suggested readings on suicide. The music for funerals has been revised and supplemented. Appropriate Scripture passages are included.

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