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Douglas Davies
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published
December 2018
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Douglas Davies
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Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published
December 2018
£28.86
Free UK Delivery
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Death, Ritual and Belief
Today's Price £28.86
Death, Ritual and Belief, now in its third edition, explores many important issues related to death and dying, from a religious studies perspective, including anthropology and sociology. Using the motif of 'words against death' it depicts human responses to grief by surveying the many ways in which people have not let death have the last word, not simply in terms of funeral rites but also in memorials, graves, and in ideas of ancestors, souls, gods, reincarnation and resurrection, whether in the great religious traditions of the world or in more local customs. He also examines bereavement and grief, experiences of the presence of dead, near-death experiences, pet-death and the symbolic death played out in religious rites.
Updated chapters have taken into account new research and include additional topics in this new edition, notably assisted dying, terrorism, green burial, material culture, death online, and the emergence of Death Studies as a distinctive field. Case studies range from Anders Breivik in Norway, to the Princess of Wales, and to the Rapture in the USA. A new perspective is also brought to his account of grief theories. Providing an introduction to key authors and authorities on death beliefs, bereavement, grief and ritual-symbolism, Death, Ritual and Belief is an authoritative guide to the perspectives of major religious and secular worldviews. Study questions can be found on the book's webpage and each chapter ends with a summary.
Author
Douglas Davies
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published
December 2018
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Weight
512g
Page Count
320
Dimensions
16 x 23.5 x 1.8 cm
ISBN
9781474250955
ISBN-10
1474250955
Eden Code
4510748
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Author/Creator: Douglas Davies
ISBN: 9781474250955
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date: December 2018
Weight: 512g
Dimensions: 16 x 23.5 x 1.8 cm
Eden Code: 4510748