Death and Religion: The Basics av Candi Cann

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<P><EM>Death and Religion: The Basics</EM> provides a thorough and accessible introduction to dying, death, grief, and conceptions of the afterlife in world religions. </P><P></P><P>It leads readers through considerations of how we understand meanings of death and after-death, and the theories and practices attached to these states of being, with recourse to various religious worldviews: Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Chinese Religions, and Native American belief systems. This inter-religious approach provides a rich, dynamic survey of varying and evolving cultural attitudes to death. Topics covered include:</P><P></P><UL><P><LI>Religious perspectives of "the good death"</LI><P></P><P><LI>Grief, bereavement, and mourning</LI><P></P><P><LI>Stages and definitions of death</LI><P></P><P><LI>Burial, cremation, and disposition</LI><P></P><P><LI>Remembrance rituals </LI><P></P><P><LI>Religious theories of the afterlife </LI><P></P><P><LI>Death and technology </LI>