Richard Beck

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  1. 2. The Slavery Of Death

    The book argues that modern culture’s denial and domestication of mortality leaves people enslaved to fear and meaninglessness, and it calls for a recovery of theological, liturgical, and pastoral resources that honestly confront death. Mixing cultural critique with theological reflection and pastoral insight, the author shows how practices of lament, ritual, and Christian hope in the resurrection can dismantle death’s tyranny, reshape how communities grieve and remember, and reorient how we live in the face of finitude.

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  2. 3. Reviving Old Scratch

    A thoughtful blend of cultural history, clinical case studies, and theological reflection that reconsiders how Western society understands evil and mental disturbance; the book traces how talk of demons and possession has shifted into psychiatric language, examines notable possession cases, critiques reductionist explanations, and argues for restoring a nuanced, metaphorically rich vocabulary that can hold both spiritual and psychological realities for pastoral care and moral reflection.

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