Death (Paperback)

A child's development includes learning the important distinction between things that go away and come back, and things that go away never to return. Life, or rather death, is one thing that the world in unable to agree upon in this respect. Belief that life in some way continues beyond the grave may be described as man's oldest religious conviction, and we find pre-historic figures buried with tools and ornaments for use in a supposed after-life. But attitudes to death and what lies beyond, as well as the funeral liturgies and burial customs that accompany death vary greatly according to faith and culture. 'Death' presents these differences in attitudes and customs, providing an example of the variation in world religions in a quest for inter-faith understanding and respect. Death is one of three books in the 'Living Faiths' series, which includes 'Marriage and the Family' (ISBN 9780718824440) and 'Initiation Rites' (ISBN 9780718830878), this series aims to promote a comprehensive Inter-faith understanding by outlining the diverse attitudes and ceremonies related to rites of passage in different faiths. The series has close links with the Standing Conference on Inter-Faith Dialogue in Education, of which the series editor was former Publications Secretary.

General

Imprint:	Lutterworth Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	1980
Editors:	John Prickett
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-0-7188-3086-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian worship > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian worship > General Books > Christianity > Christian Worship
LSN:	0-7188-3086-5
Barcode:	9780718830861

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