| Description |
xxii, 209 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-200) and index. |
| Contents |
Living with spirits : death and afterlife in African religions / George C. Bond -- The fate of mankind : death and afterlife in ancient Mesopotamia / Jerrold S. Cooper -- Taking it with you : the problem of death and afterlife in ancient Egypt / William J. Murnane -- Death and afterlife in Greek tragedy and Plato / Helen F. North -- From witchcraft to justice : death and afterlife in the Old Testament / George E. Mendenhall -- Death and afterlife in the New Testament / Leander E. Keck -- Bound up in the bond of life : death and afterlife in the Jewish tradition / Robert Goldenberg -- Death and eternal life in Christianity / Hiroshi Obayashi -- "Your sight today is piercing" : the Muslim understanding of death and afterlife / William C. Chittick -- Hindu views of death and afterlife / Thomas J. Hopkins -- Death as threat, death as achievement : Buddhist perspectives with particular reference to the Theravada tradition / Frank E. Reynolds -- |
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The Tibetan Tantric view of death and afterlife / Elisabeth Benard -- Death and afterlife in Chinese religions / Judith A. Berling. |
| Subject |
Death -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies.
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Future life -- Comparative studies.
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| Added Author |
Ōbayashi, Hiroshi, 1934-
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| ISBN |
0275941043 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780275941048 paperback alkaline paper |
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