Liberal Arts Seminar: When Breath Becomes Air (Fall 2016)

A classic work on grief, this is Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss.

Rabbi Lamm helps mourners not just get through their grief, but also grow through it. He gently steers mourners on the path that allows their sorrow to teach them important lessons about life. And he shows consolers how to listen and speak with their hearts so that they can provide real comfort to others. His marvelous insights on the days of shiva, the year of kaddish, and the loving kindness of others reveal the richness and true purpose of Jewish mourning rituals and customs.

Have you lost a loved one? The loss can be inestimable, the grief excruciating. What helped you? Did someone say something comforting? Did someone offer a consolation, which you resented?

This book provides students with an opportunity to: - consider the effects of grief, loss, and death; - develop the ability to talk about, acknowledge and manage the feelings associated with the grieving process; - maintain mental health and resilience. Most important, is the emphasis on the development of emotional literacy skills and specifically the development of an emotional vocabulary, empathy, tolerance and resilience.

Many of us already teach non-majors in some form, but if you're looking for some additional techniques for teaching to nonmajors in liberal arts courses this book provides that.