Death and Religion in a Changing World - Kathleen Garces-Foley

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Résumé :
Looking at how religious people approach death in the twenty-first century, this is a comprehensive study of the intersection of death and religion. It describes how people from a variety of faiths draw on and adapt traditional beliefs and practices as they deal with death in modern societies.

Biographie:
Kathleen Garces-Foley

Sommaire:
Part I Religious Approaches to Death; Chapter 1 The Politics of Death and Burial in Native California, Dennis F. Kelley; Chapter 2 Contemporary Hindu Approaches to Death, Mark Elmore; Chapter 3 Judaism and Death, Rebecca Golbert; Chapter 4 Buddhisms and Death, Robert E. Goss, Dennis Klass; Chapter 5 Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox Approaches to Death, Lizette Larson-Miller; Chapter 6 Protestant Approaches to Death, Glenn Lucke, Richard B. Gilbert, Ronald K. Barrett; Chapter 7 Muslim Ways of Death, Juan Eduardo Campo; Chapter 8 Sikhism and Death, Kristina Myrvold; Part II Death in Contemporary Societies; Chapter 9 Contemporary American Funerals, Kathleen Garces-Foley, Justin S. Holcomb; Chapter 10 Forms of Disposal, Douglas J. Davies; Chapter 11 Spontaneous Shrines and Public Memorialization, Sylvia Grider; Chapter 12 Disaster, Modernity, and the Media, Tony Walter; Chapter 13 Grief, Religion, and Spirituality, Dennis Klass; epi Epilogue, Evan Berry;