Last Words of Catholic Saints and Sinners, Stars and Strays by Paul Thigpen
The last words of the dying have long captured the popular imagination. Why this abiding interest in exit lines? Perhaps because these final words--spoken in hope or fear, joy or sorrow--provide a view from the border between this world and the next. As this provocative and sometimes amusing collection illustrates, those who have gone before leave us with much more than helpful epigrams or witticisms. Paul Thigpen points out that their final words can actually point us to fundamental realities--to the very heart of God. Even those sinners and strays who failed to live their faith may reveal much about the final shape of things to come. From comforting to sobering, these selections provide food for thought regarding the nature of Christian hope and the promise of eternal life.
Paul Thigpen, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author. Among his most popular titles are The Rapture Trap (Ascension, 2001) and the novel My Visit to Hell (Realms, 2007). Dr. Thigpen's writing reflects a wide variety of genres and subjects: history and biography, spirituality and apologetics, anthologies and devotionals, family life and children's books, study guides and reference works, fiction and collections of poetry and prayers. In addition to the forty books he has authored or compiled, he has published more than five hundred journal, magazine, and newsletter articles in more than forty religious and secular periodicals for both scholarly and popular audiences. His work has been circulated worldwide and translated into twelve languages. A 1977 summa cum laude graduate of Yale University (in Religious Studies), Dr. Thigpen was awarded the George W. Woodruff Fellowship at Emory University, where he earned an M.A. (1993) and a Ph.D. (1995) in Historical Theology. In 1993 he was named as a Jacob K. Javits Fellow by the U.S. Department of Education. He has since served on the theology faculties of several universities and colleges and is currently the editor of TAN Books, based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780867167245 |
| ISBN 10 | 0867167246 |
| Title | Last Words of Catholic Saints and Sinners, Stars and Strays |
| Author | Paul Thigpen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Servant Books |
| Year published | 2006-06-28 |
| Number of pages | 219 |
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