Brew Theology Podcast

Spoiler Alert: We are all going to die! (and Janel apologizes up front for saying milieu wrong.) So, let's brew theology with the Death Scholar!  Grief theory until now is largely the product of the Protestant (and white) experience, and often emphasizes the Remembering of the Dead, rather than the Care of the dead, stressing the importance of grief “work” and grief “tasks” while working to a goal of reintegration without the deceased. There are some lingering problems with contemporary grief theory... Relationships with the dead are not static ones, but changing and valuable ones that will continue to develop as we move through life. Join Ryan and Janel as they get to chat it up with Dr. Candi Cann as she speaks about the importance of reframing death and a healthier posture of grief that comes with it... (Part 1) You can now order Dr. Cann's new book, Death and Religion: The Basics on Amazon (or wherever you like to buy books!) /// Dr. Candi K. Cann, Associate Professor of Religion in the BIC, teaches at Ba