A flower, a skull, and an hourglass symbolize life, death, and time in this 17th-century Vanitas painting by Philippe de Champaigne.

Reflections on my brother Richard’s recent death led me to the philosopher Luc Boven’s book Coping. The chapter on death in that book is largely adopted from his essay, “Secular hopes in the face of death.” Continue reading Coping In The Face Of Death →