Death and Dying - An Exercise in Comparative Philosophy of Religion (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)

The medicalization of death is a challenge for all the world's religious and cultural traditions. Death's meaning has been reduced to a diagnosis, a problem, rather than a mystery for humans to ponder. How have religious traditions responded? What resources do they bring to a discussion of death's contemporary dilemmas? This book offers a range of creative and contextual responses from a variety of religious and cultural traditions. It features 14 essays from scholars of different religious and philosophical traditions, who spoke as part of a recent lecture and dialogue series of Drake University's The Comparison Project. The scholars represent ethnologists, medical ethicists, historians, philosophers, and theologians--all facing up to questions of truth and value in the light of the urgent need to move past a strictly medicalized vision. This volume serves as the second publication of The Comparison Project, an innovative new approach to the philosophy of religion housed at Drake University. The Comparison Project organizes a biennial series of scholar lectures, practitioner dialogues, and comparative panels about core, cross-cultural topics in the philosophy of religion. The Comparison Project stands apart from traditional, theistic approaches to the philosophy of religion in its commitment to religious inclusivity. It is the future of the philosophy of religion in a diverse, global world.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Comparative Philosophy of Religion, 2
Release date:	September 2020
First published:	2019
Editors:	Timothy D. Knepper • Lucy Bregman • Mary Gottschalk
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-019302-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Comparative religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Comparative religion Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General
LSN:	3-03-019302-0
Barcode:	9783030193027

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