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The Meanings of Death

  • Paperback
  • 260 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.7 x 20.2 x 1.8 cm

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In The Meanings of Death, John Bowker offers a major contribution to debates about the value of death and its place in both Western and Eastern religions. Examining the themes of friendship and sacrifice in the world's major religions, Bowker argues that there are points of vital contact with secular understandings of death, and that religious and secular attitudes can support and reinforce one another. An affirmative recovery of the value of death is important in our response to bereavement, and in the treatment of the terminally ill. By indicating how value can be maintained at the limit of life, without a search for illusory compensation in an afterlife beyond it, Bowker enriches our experience and understanding of the 'final question' in a way which is always sensitive and often moving.
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  • Author

    John Bowker

  • Book Format

    paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    March 1993

  • Edition

    New ed

  • Weight

    336g

  • Page Count

    260

  • Dimensions

    15.7 x 20.2 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521447737

  • ISBN-10

    0521447739

  • Eden Code

    26162

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