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Understanding Death - An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions (Hardcover)
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Understanding Death - An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions (Hardcover)
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A comprehensive survey of how religions understand death, dying,
and the afterlife, drawing on examples from Christian, Jewish,
Hindu, Buddhist, and Shamanic perspectives. * Considers shared and
differing views of death across the world s major religions,
including on the nature of death itself, the reasons for it, the
identity of those who die, religious rituals, and on how the living
should respond to death * Places emphasis on the varying concepts
of the self or soul * Uses a thematic structure to facilitate a
broader comparative understanding * Written in an accessible style
to appeal to an undergraduate audience, it fills major gap in
current textbook literature
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