| Description |
iv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The three faces of death (Physical, psychological and spiritual) -- 2. Hindu attitudes toward death (Reincarnation and moksha) -- 3. Buddhist attitudes toward death (Region of the deathless) -- 4. Zen attitudes toward death (The great death) -- 5. Tibetan attitudes toward death (The clear lights) -- 6. Chinese attitudes toward death (Veneration of ancestors) -- 7. Mesopotamian and Egyptian attitudes toward death (Weighing of the soul) -- 8. Greek attitudes toward death (Immortality of the soul) -- 9. Hebraic attitudes toward death (Messianic hopes) -- 10. Christian attitudes toward death (Resurrection of the body) -- 11. Islamic attitudes toward death (The day of judgment) -- 12. American Indian attitudes toward death (Keeping of the soul) -- 13. Dying all deaths (Reincarnation and resurrection) -- 14. Dying before dying: the experience of rebirth (Confession, conversion, and confirmation). |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 202-206. |
| Subject |
Death -- Religious aspects.
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| ISBN |
0809129426 paperback $11.95 |
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