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In this episode, Abigail Favale speaks with Theology & Ethics professor Travis Pickell about the way we experience death. They discuss Americans’ understanding of the topic, why we fear it & keep it at a distance, and how certain people have demonstrated meaningful ways to engage with death.

Dr. Travis Pickell was a lecturer and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Virginia before teaching at George Fox University. He also taught extensively at Anselm House, a center for Christian study at the University of Minnesota.

More on Travis here: https://www.georgefox.edu/academics/undergrad/departments/religion/faculty/pickell.html

Dr. Abigail Favale completed her doctorate at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where she was a recipient of the competitive Overseas Research Award. In 2011, her dissertation was granted the Samuel Rutherford Prize for the most distinguished thesis in English literature.
Check out Abigail's academic profile: https://www.georgefox.edu/academics/undergrad/departments/writing_lit/FacultyPages/Abigail_Favale.html

To connect with more of Abigail's work, visit her website: https://abigailfavale.wixsite.com/home

0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Introducing Travis
1:54 - Americans' attitude toward death
5:41 - Medicalization of death
10:58 - Dignity
13:51 - Travis' story
17:29 - God's work around death
22:03 - Control
25:36 - Grieving
29:59 - Historical grieving practices
34:20 - Scripts for grieving
42:35 - Brain death
48:59 - Spirituality of martyrdom
54:56 - Christians' understanding of death
1:07:04 - Outro

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