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Author:   Dr Gregory Shushan ,  Gavin D. Flood
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780826440730

ISBN 10:   0826440738
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   10 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Foreword by Gavin Flood Acknowledgements Abbreviations of Primary Sources Introduction Part I: Theory and Methodology in Concept and Application   1. Comparison, Universalism, and the Rehabilitation of the Comparative ‘Similar' 2. Early Civilizations, Contact, Diffusion, and Cultural Continuity 3. Near-Death Experience Part II: Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations 4. Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt 5. Sumerian and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia 6. Vedic India 7. Pre-Buddhist China 8. Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica Part III: Universalism and Culture-Specificity: An Interdisciplinary Approach 9. Analysis of Similarities and Differences 10. The Interface of Conception and Experience 11. Alternative and Supplementary Theories 12. Conclusions: Theoretical Eclecticism and A New Comparative Framework References Index

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. ..a very well-written book by a consummate scholar. Each of Gregory Shushan's sentences is pregnant with facts...Shushan's book is a major contribution to the field of comparative religion and near-death studies. It is a 'must-read' for students of religious experience. De Numine, Autumn 2009

. ..a very well-written book by a consummate scholar. Each of Gregory Shushan's sentences is pregnant with facts...Shushan's book is a major contribution to the field of comparative religion and near-death studies. It is a 'must-read' for students of religious experience. De Numine, Autumn 2009

Author Information

Gregory Shushan is Perrott-Warrick Researcher at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford, UK.

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