Joyelle McSweeney's 'Death Styles'—her 10th book across creative and critical genres—rewards our attention.

Laws aimed at providing "death with dignity" and internet influencers promising to extend life unnaturally are actually two sides of the same coin: In both circumstances, humans usurp a role intended for God.

A proposed assisted-suicide law in Britain does not serve compassion. Instead it presents an illusion of final autonomy.

If heaven is like a wedding banquet, then purgatory may be understood as preparation for a great celebration. It is not a dreary waiting room at the D.M.V., but a place of lively hope.

A Homily for the Solemnity of All Souls, by Father Terrance Klein

My plan was not to read three books in a row about death. But I just did.