I recently came across the phrase “Death is not the end.” It wasn’t a reference to the Christian promise of resurrection, but a tagline for zombie movies—those stories of supernaturally reanimated ...

It was published in 1993 and sold more than a million copies in Japan. The Complete Manual of Suicide by Wataru Tsurumi explained in graphic detail how to complete your suicide effectively. The book ...

In a famous passage in his 1919 lecture on “Science as a Vocation,” Max Weber explores the meaning of death in modernity. He contrasts the lives of people in traditional, agrarian societies, ...

Death is an uncomfortable topic of conversation at best and taboo at worst. If we are really honest with ourselves, there isn’t much certainty in life; we just don’t know what the future holds, and ...

Why would a person deprive themselves of some sort of substance like food? Why would someone want to be reminded of their death? Why is Lent so important to some people? For many Christians, it is ...

A recent and highly disturbing New York Times article promoting the idea that doctors should expand the definition of death in order to harvest more organs is stirring up disgust and debate about ...

The new book “Proof of Heaven” by neurosurgeon Eben Alexander describes a near death experience he had while he lay in a coma induced by a meningitis infection. He saw and experienced a world with ...