The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying Contributor(s): Moreman, Christopher M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138852074 ISBN-13: 9781138852075 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $277.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion |
Dewey: 202.3 |
LCCN: 2016057654 |
Series: Routledge Religion Companions |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 7.1" W x 9.8" (2.70 lbs) 594 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Few issues apply universally to people as poignantly as death and dying. All religions address concerns with death from the handling of human remains, to defining death, to suggesting what happens after life. The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying provides readers with an overview of the study of death and dying. Questions of death, mortality, and more recently of end-of-life care, have long been important ones and scholars from a range of fields have approached the topic in a number of ways. Comprising over fifty-two chapters from a team of international contributors, the companion covers:
This comprehensive collection of essays will bring together perspectives from fields as diverse as history, philosophy, literature, psychology, archaeology and religious studies, while including various religious traditions, including established religions like Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism as well as new or less widely known traditions such as the Spiritualist Movement, the Church of Latter Day Saints, and Raëlianism. The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, philosophy and literature. |