Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul

Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul

DieÂ WiseÂ does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to makeÂ dyingÂ easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working withÂ dyingÂ people and their families, StephenÂ JenkinsonÂ places death at the center of the page and asks us to behold it in all its painful beauty. DieÂ WiseÂ teaches the skills ofÂ dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply and well.Â DieÂ WiseÂ is for those who will fail to live forever.
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DyingÂ well,Â JenkinsonÂ writes, is a right and responsibility of everyone.Â It is not a lifestyle option.Â It is a moral, political, and spiritual obligation each person owes their ancestors and their heirs.Â DieÂ WiseÂ dreams such a dream, and plots such an uprising.Â How weÂ die, how we care forÂ dyingÂ people, and how we carry our dead: this work makesÂ our capacity forÂ a village-mindedness, or breaks it.

Table of Contents
The Ordeal of a Managed Death
Stealing Meaning from Dying
The Tyrant Hope
The Quality of Life
Yes, But Not Like This
The Work
So Who Are the Dying to You?Â
Dying Facing Home
What Dying Asks of Us All
Kids
Ah, My Friend the Enemy
Country USA
Manufacturer North Atlantic Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-03-17
Format Kindle eBook