Patterns of Transcendence: Religion, Death, and Dying - Couverture souple

Chidester, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0534506070 ISBN 13 : 9780534506070

Editeur : Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2001

Synopsis

This cross-cultural text examines social, religious, and cultural approaches to death and dying across Eastern and Western cultures and religious traditions. Organization of the book begins with an examination of death and dying among non-literate peoples in different parts of the world, then covers Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, and Japanese approaches, Western patterns of transcendence (ancient Middle East, Judaic, Christian, and Islamic), and concludes with a chapter on death and dying in contemporary America. It discusses four patterns of transcendence: ancestral, experiential, cultural, and mythic.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0534506070
• ISBN 13: 9780534506070
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 280
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• Personne responsable: non disponible