Category Archives: Death and Immortality

Lyrics to Passage by Vienna Teng

Posted on February 18, 2010 by PH

I died in a car crash two days ago Was unrecognizable When they pulled me from the gears No one’s fault, no one’s bottle No one’s teenage pride or throttle Our innocence is all the worse for fears The other … Continue reading →

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Where’s Howard?

Posted on February 13, 2010 by PH

I’m on Twitter. One person I followed very early was Howard Rheingold. He’s an amazing guy. We had just a short email correspondence when I asked if I could use some of his social media tips for my PHIL 525 … Continue reading →

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Contemplating Death

Posted on February 12, 2010 by PH

From “Charles Spurgeon’s” twitter today: A quote from Charles Spurgeon: The Christian who contemplates death with joy is a living sermon. Who’s Charles Spurgeon?

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Excited about death

Posted on January 31, 2010 by PH

Ha! That grabbed your attention. What I’m excited about is how well the PHIL 500 Death, Dying, and Immortality class is going.  (Sorry, non-SFSUers, it’s only available for those enrolled.)

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On dying and fighting for your ideas

Posted on January 19, 2010 by PH

I found this article on Copyblogger.com some time ago. It’s by Jonathan Morrow. It caught my attention because of the “dying” keyword. As some of you know, the theme of this semester’s PHIL 500 Philosophy of Religion class is Death … Continue reading →

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Asking a doctor for prayer

Posted on December 29, 2009 by PH

When do doctors or other medical professionals enter into prayer with their patients? In a study published in a recent issue of the Souther Medical Journal sociologists from Brandeis and Rice Universities examined patient requests for prayer. The researchers conducted … Continue reading →

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Stigma and suicide

Posted on November 26, 2009 by PH

Perhaps there is just as much stigma associated with suicide today as there was decades ago. Maybe it’s a different kind of stigma, one that “only” embraces a kind of silence and not shame. But maybe the two are still … Continue reading →

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Huston Smith on death

Posted on November 24, 2009 by PH

I’m gearing up for next semester’s PHIL 500 class. The theme will be Death and Immortality. Recently, Huston Smith was profiled in Shambhala Sun magazine, but here is a short article from CNN.Com on his response to his daughter’s death. … Continue reading →

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Just around the corner?

Posted on July 8, 2009 by PH

Death is just around the corner (seriously? seriously!). SF Gate’s Mark Morford has a hilarious (?) take on the looming disasters coming at us each news cycle.

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Embracing the end of life

Posted on July 8, 2009 by PH

I’m looking forward to forming a reading group next semester on the topic of death and immortality. This summer I’m slowly gathering titles to review for the reading list that students and I will finalize in the fall. (If you’d … Continue reading →

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