The New York Times recently featured the death of Ms. Shatzi Weisberger. This prominence was not because Ms. Weisberger was famous, but because she was a proponent of the “positive death movement,” which was started by people who wanted to break the taboos around discussing death. The movement has grown online as people gather for virtual “Death Cafes,” follow YouTubers like “Ask the Mortician,” and download apps like “We...
A “positive death movement”
We live in a death-denying culture, and Christian theology can add to this denial by over-emphasizing eternal life. This issue explores our thinking, beliefs, hopes, fears and rituals around death so we can lean more faithfully into life.
