Understanding Death: An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions
Angela Sumegi, "Understanding Death: An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions"
2013 | ISBN-10: 1405153717, 1405153709 | 280 pages | PDF | 5 MB
2013 | ISBN-10: 1405153717, 1405153709 | 280 pages | PDF | 5 MB
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