Overview

This comprehensive study of the intersection of death and religion offers a unique look at how religious people approach death in the twenty-first century. Previous scholarship has largely focused on traditional beliefs and paid little attention to how religious traditions evolve in relation to their changing social context. Employing a sociological approach, ""Death and Religion in a Changing World"" describes how people from a wide variety of faiths draw on and adapt traditional beliefs and practices as they deal with death in modern societies. The book includes coverage of newly emerging social and religious phenomena that are only just beginning to be analyzed by religion scholars, such as public shrines, the role of the media, spiritual bereavement groups, and the use of the Internet in death practices.

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Author:   Kathleen Garces-Foley (Marymount University, USA.) ,  Kathleen Garces-Foley
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9780765612229

ISBN 10:   0765612224
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   15 October 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9780367649326
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

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;

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