0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying

Buy Now

Understanding Death - An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,574
Discovery Miles 25 740
Understanding Death - An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions (Hardcover): A Sumegi

Understanding Death - An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions (Hardcover)

A Sumegi

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R2,574 Discovery Miles 25 740 | Repayment Terms: R241 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

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

General

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 2013
First published: 2014
Authors: A Sumegi
Dimensions: 235 x 161 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-5370-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Comparative religion
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Comparative religion
Promotions
LSN: 1-4051-5370-9
Barcode: 9781405153706

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Waterboy - Making Sense Of My Son's…
Glynis Horning Paperback R320 R295 Discovery Miles 2 950
Fi - A Memoir Of My Son
Alexandra Fuller Paperback R430 R397 Discovery Miles 3 970
Autopsy - Life in the trenches with a…
Ryan Blumenthal Paperback R317 R290 Discovery Miles 2 900
Issues of Death - Mortality and Identity…
Michael Neill Hardcover R3,286 Discovery Miles 32 860
Building a Life Worth Living - A Memoir
Marsha M Linehan Paperback R542 R501 Discovery Miles 5 010
Constructing Death - The Sociology of…
Clive Seale Hardcover R2,643 Discovery Miles 26 430
Cemeteries of Seattle
Robin Shannon Paperback R642 R578 Discovery Miles 5 780
Between Two Kingdoms - A Memoir of a…
Suleika Jaouad Paperback R531 R466 Discovery Miles 4 660
Flameless Liquid Cremation
Hal Peters Hardcover R1,065 Discovery Miles 10 650
The Right Way of Death - Restoring the…
Eric Layer Hardcover R958 Discovery Miles 9 580
Untitled Duncan Harding
Duncan Harding Hardcover R793 R684 Discovery Miles 6 840
Sailing into the Light
Susan Highsmith Hardcover R600 Discovery Miles 6 000

See more

Partners