MARCH 28, 2003

WAR
Death, grief and the aftermath of war casualties

Private and public grief

IN THE NORTHEAST
• Dana G. Cable, a professor of psychology and thanatology at Hood College in Maryland, has written about public grief and cultural differences in grieving in America. Contact 301-696-3758, cable@hood.edu.
• Sylvia Barack Fishman is a sociologist at Brandeis University in Massachusetts who writes about contemporary Jewish life. Contact 781-736-2065, fishman@brandeis.edu.
• Dr. Eleftheria "Effie" Sidiropoulou is the executive director of the Boston Christian Counseling Center and can address Christian grief counseling for the families of soldiers killed in battle. Contact 617-523-1543, elef2@aol.com.
• Dr. Gary Alan Anderson is a professor and assistant director of the Center for the Study of World Religion at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and has written about grief and religious fundamentalism. Contact 617-495-1724, 617-496 8508, gary_anderson@harvard.edu.

IN THE EAST
• Lucy Bregman, a professor of religion at Temple University who has taught courses on death and dying for 20 years, wrote Beyond Silence and Denial: Death and Dying Reconsidered (Westminster John Knox Press, 1999). It says that the traditional Christian understanding of death has been downplayed in contemporary American culture and its power underestimated. Contact 215-204-1746, bregman@temple.edu.
• Gordon Thornton, a psychology professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, specializes in death, dying and bereavement. He says that public acknowledgment of war deaths is important for families but that each individual grieves differently, and privately, and finds comfort in different ways. Contact 724-357-2447, thornton@grove.iup.edu.
• LaVone Hazell is a bereavement specialist and educator in New York City who has worked with 9/11 victims, federal disaster response teams, clergy and funeral directors. Contact 212-423-1741.
• Fred W. Clothey teaches courses on ritual and religion at the University of Pittsburgh and can talk about rituals in the grieving process as well as ways the United States has made a ritual of going to war. Contact 412-624-5977, 412-363-3363, clothey@pitt.edu.
• Rabbi Rebecca Alpert is an associate professor in the women's studies program at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., and has written about Jewish perspectives on death and dying. Contact 215-204-1968, ralpert@nimbus.temple.edu.

IN THE SOUTHEAST
• The Rev. Danielle Morris is executive director of Walking the Mourners Path, a nondenominational Christian bereavement training and grief support program in Winter Park, Fla. Their trained facilitators are in place in 28 states and are prepared to deal with grief over military dead, and a chaplain-facilitator is on his way to the Middle East. Contact Betsy Maxan, 407-599-4330, therevdanielle@cs.com.
• John Iskander is assistant professor in Islam and religious studies at Georgia State University. Contact 404-651-2277, jiskander@gsu.edu.
• Dr. Howard Winokuer is founder of the Winokuer Center for Counseling and Healing in Charlotte, N.C., and a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Contact 704-333-5598.
• Robert Neimeyer is a psychology professor at the University of Memphis who is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Contact 901-678-4680.
• Ronald H. Nash is a professor at the Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Fla., and has researched grief. Contact 407-875-8388, rnash@rts.edu.
• Dr. Mary Schild is a professor psychology who teaches a course in death and dying at Columbus State University in Columbus, Ga. Contact 706-565-3578, schild_mary@colstate.edu.
• Dr. Byron R. McCane is an associate professor ay Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C. who has written about Christian and Jewish perspectives on death and dying. Contact 864-596-9106, byron.mccane@converse.edu.

IN THE SOUTH
• Kathleen Flake is assistant professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville. She can comment on the uses of narrative and ritual in modern times. Contact 615-322-2776, kathleen.flake@vanderbilt.edu.

IN THE MIDWEST
• The Rev. Lawrence Ventline is a Catholic priest and licensed psychotherapist assigned to the Archdiocese of Detroit. He regularly counsels people in grief and is setting up support groups for families mourning war dead. Contact 586-504-1779, lv5227@wideopenwest.com.
• Sister Mary Ellen McDonagh of the Eighth Day Center for Justice, an organization of Catholic religious communities, is one of a group of women who have kept a vigil every Tuesday morning since Sept. 11, 2001, in front of a federal building in Chicago. The vigil is intended to mourn all victims of violence. Contact her through the center, 312- 641-5151.
• Saba Mahmood is assistant professor of the history of religions at the University of Chicago's Divinity School. She can talk about ritual and the politics of public religious discourse. Contact 773-702-8266, smahmood@midway.uchicago.edu.
• Dr Dennis Klass is a professor of religious studies at Webster University in St. Louis, Mo., and is co-editor of Continuing Bonds: New Understandings of Grief (Taylor and Francis, 1996). He teaches a course of death and dying. Contact 314-968-7135, klassde@webster.edu.

IN THE SOUTHWEST
• Dr. Rob Pramann is executive director of the Shepherds Staff Christian Counseling Center in Sandy, Utah. Contact 801-561-9987, ext. 25.
• Howard Stone is professor of pastoral theology and pastoral counseling at Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and the author of Depression and Hope (Fortress Press, 1998). Contact 817-257-7584, h.stone@tcu.edu.
• Chaplain G. William Bryan is an associate professor of pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary. He has 25 years of experience in pastoral ministry and specializes in the issues of bereavement and grief. Contact 214-841-3792, BBryan@DTS.edu.
• Dr. Michael C. Kearl is a professor of sociology and chair of the department of sociology and anthropology at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author on numerous books and death and dying, teaches a course on the sociology of death and dying, and maintains a vast website on the subject. Contact 210-999-8561, mkearl@trinity.edu.
• Dr Stanley Hall is an associate professor at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, Texas, and has written about death rites and rituals. Contact 512-472-6736, shall@austinseminary.edu.

IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Anne Brener is a Los Angeles area psychotherapist, leader of workshops on grieving and Judaism, and author of Mourning and Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner's Path through Grief to Healing (Jewish Lights, 1993). Contact 323-857-0678, annebrener@aol.com.
• Rabbi Eric Weiss is executive director of the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center in San Francisco, Calif., which helps people cope with loss. Contact 415-750-4197, jewishhealing@mzhf.org.
• Jerome P. Baggett is assistant professor of religion and society at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. His areas of expertise include Catholic parishes and civic participation, religion and cultural analysis, religion and politics in the United States and spirituality and the religious quest in modern America. Contact 510-549-5060, jbaggett@jstb.edu.
• Amir Hussain teaches a course in contemporary religious thought and death and dying at California State University, Northridge, in Northridge, Calif. Contact 818-677-2741, amir.hussain@csun.edu.
• Dr. Charles F. Keyes is a professor of anthropology and international studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash. He is an expert on Buddhist attitutdes towards death and is currently researching Vietnamese attitudes toward and relationships to their war dead. Contact 206-685-1577, Keyes@u.washington.edu.
• Dr. Rebecca Moore is an assistant professor of religious studies at San Diego State University in California and teaches a course on death and dying. Contact 619-594-6252, remoore@mail.sdsu.edu.