Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations: Universalism, Constructivism and Near-Death Experience - Couverture rigide

Shushan, Dr Gregory

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0826440738 ISBN 13 : 9780826440730

Editeur : Continuum Publishing Corporation, 2009

Synopsis

Gregory Shushan challenges post-modern scholarly attitudes concerning cross-cultural comparisons in the study of religions. In an original and innovative piece of comparative research, he analyses afterlife conceptions in five ancient civilisations (Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt, Sumerian and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, Vedic India, pre-Buddhist China, and pre-Columbian Mesoamerica).These are considered in light of historical and contemporary reports of near-death experiences, and shamanic afterlife 'journeys'. "Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations" is a significant study, for it presents a comprehensive new comparative framework for the cross-cultural study of myth and religion, while at the same time providing a fascinating exploration of the interface between belief and experience.This groundbreaking new series offers original reflections on theory and method in the study of religions, and demonstrates new approaches to the way religious traditions are studied and presented.Studies published under its auspices look to clarify the role and place of Religious Studies in the academy, but not in a purely theoretical manner. Each study will demonstrate its theoretical aspects by applying them to the actual study of religions, often in the form of frontier research.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gregory Shushan is Visiting Lecturer in Religious Studies at University of Wales Lampeter, UK; and Research Associate at University College Cork, Ireland. Gavin Flood is Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and the author of An Introduction to Hinduism (CUP 2004).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826440738
• ISBN 13: 9780826440730
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 284
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