Patterns of Transcendence: Religion, Death, and Dying

Chidester, David

ISBN 10: 0534506070 / ISBN 13: 9780534506070

Verlag: Cengage Learning, 2001

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Inhaltsangabe:

This cross-cultural book examines social, religious, and cultural approaches to death and dying across Eastern and Western cultures and religious traditions. Organization of the book begins with an examination of death and dying among non-literate peoples in different parts of the world, then covers Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, and Japanese approaches, Western patterns of transcendence (ancient Middle East, Judaic, Christian, and Islamic), and concludes with a chapter on death and dying in contemporary America. It discusses four patterns of transcendence: ancestral, experiential, cultural, and mythic.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Patterns of Transcendence: Religion, Death, ...
Verlag: Cengage Learning
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Auflage: 2. Auflage