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“…[Transitus is] a profound meditation on one of the greatest gifts a human being can give to another – the possibility of a blessed death.
This is a wise and radiant book like no other, integrating contemplative prayer with clinical practice, medieval history with personal memoir, the sublime with the ruefully practical.
Everyone who cares about the soul of medicine should read it…”
Barbara Newman, Professor of English and Religion , Northwestern University
“…Birth and death, the two moments that shape our lives, are too important to be treated as crass commodities or dirty secrets.
The growing desire for a death with meaning and dignity has encouraged the emergence of a field of palliative medicine aptly called music-thanatology.
The historical roots of music-thanatology in medieval monastic rituals, as well as its medical and spiritual significance for today, are beautifully set forth in Therese
Schroeder-Sheker’s
Transitus: A Blessed Death in the Modern World. [Therese
Schroeder-Sheker’s…] experience as academic dean of the School of Music-Thanatology of the Chalice of Repose Project…gives her a breath of knowledge in the field second to none.
Transitus is a book that will instruct and inspire anyone who has ever pondered the mystery of dying…”
Bernard McGinn, Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor of Religion, Divinity School, University of
Chicago
“…Therese Schroeder-Sheker’s monograph on music-thanatology shows that people can die whole and in peace….There is no more important contribution than this in the world of healthcare…”
Barbara Montgomery Dossey, PhD and author of Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary,
Healer
“... Anyone who wants to learn what it means to be human can begin
here!...”
Christopher Bamford
“…Music-thanatology as embodied in the Chalice of Repose Project exemplifies practical theology at its best in its care for the suffering and dying. We are all indebted to Dean Schroeder-Sheker for providing this window into these practices and telling the story of their development in the care of the dying.
Transitus: A Blessed Death in the Modern World is a blessing to us all…”
Keith Meador, MD, Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Theology and Medicine and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University
“…an original an immensely valuable book…The distinctive voice of its author invites us to see the world and ourselves differently, our dimensions intertwined, not artificially separated.
What a promising and exhilarating way to meet and exalt the experience that is death…”
Regina Psaki, Giustina Family Professor of Italian Language and Literature, University of
Oregon
"...Therese
Schroeder-Sheker shows how the work of one woman's soul is sufficient
to feed a multitude starved for mercy..."
David
Applebaum
"...Rarely has there been a work of such originality and
usefulness. The writing is limitless, the concepts are
profound..."
Jean Houston
"...Any harpist and indeed any musician will find
Transitus to be a provocative and inspiring guide..."
Lou Anne
Neill
"...Peace and Divine Presence shine in every word of
Transitus, an eminently practical, poetic and revolutionary book about prescriptive music and the
dying process..."
Joan Borysenko
"...a hallmark in clinical and spiritual
integrity..."
Don
Campbell
"...a glimpse into the soul of what all of us as clinicians
should strive to be
–
servant contemplatives in a world of chaos..."
Gerard S. Brungardt
"...This books holds the key to educational renewal in all
fields..."
Robert Sardello
"...I am smitten by this beautifully written monograph...She
has restored a spiritual component to healing..."
Larry
Dossey
"...exemplifies practical theology at its best in its care
for the suffering and dying..."
Keith G. Meador
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