The church music degree program at Charleston Southern University, based on a European traditional/classical sacred music degree model, has been attracting fewer and fewer students. The last two students pursuing this degree were graduated in May, 2011. Prior to their graduation, the administration encouraged the music department to investigate…

This paper is divided into two parts; the first is an attempt to organize the various dimensions of death education in order to clarify educational foci appropriate to different needs for learning about death and dying. These dimensions of death education include: (1) the acceptance of living and dying as concommitant aspects of human enfolding;…