Sociology: death & dying books

A careful reading of the meaning of death in the writings of Henry David Thoreau  Read More >>

One of the foremost communities to have paid serious attention to death are the Jainas of India. Indeed, their preoccupation...  Read More >>

15 bereaved parents share how they coped with marriage and relationship challenges in the aftermath of child loss...  Read More >>

Museums and Photography combines a strong theoretical approach with international case studies to investigate the...  Read More >>

Volume 14 is in honor of M. Polanyi and of G.M. Leibniz. The chapters do not necessarily mention them, but some...  Read More >>

Volume 14 is in honor of M. Polanyi and of G.M. Leibniz. The chapters do not necessarily mention them, but some...  Read More >>

Surviving grief and loss from the male perspective  Read More >>

St. Joseph, Minnesota, police officer Brian Klinefelter was gunned down on January 29, 1996, leaving behind a wife...  Read More >>

Two captivating new plays from one of Britain's greatest living playwrights.  Read More >>

Roe v. Wade came like a bolt from the blue, but support had been building for years. For many, the idea that life...  Read More >>

Medical advances prolong life. They also sometimes prolong suffering. Should we protect life or alleviate suffering?...  Read More >>

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What do we learn about death from the Holocaust and how does it impact our responses to mortality today? Facing...  Read More >>

Could someone step into your shoes today and take care of your day-to-day life with ease? There are many moving...  Read More >>

Farmers' suicides' have been typically framed through official statistics and they have been explained in terms...  Read More >>

Buddhists across Asia have often aspired to die with a clear and focused mind, as the historical Buddha himself...  Read More >>

In addressing the impact of modern biotechnology, and its legal accommodation on the customary conduct and traditional...  Read More >>

Presents a significant retort to theological neglect, both Catholic and Protestant, of the positive and transformative...  Read More >>

In Time and Death Carol White articulates a vision of Martin Heidegger's work which grows out of a new understanding...  Read More >>

Bringing social theory and philosophy to bear on popular movies, novels, myths, and fairy tales, The Gift and its...  Read More >>

The connections between death, contemplation and the contemplative life have been a recurrent theme in the canons...  Read More >>

We live in a society that is bombarded by news of accidents, disasters and terrorist attacks. We are obsessed by...  Read More >>

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The role of capital punishment in America has been criticised by those for and against death penalty, by the judiciary,...  Read More >>