Death and Religion in a Changing World

ISBN-13: 9780367649326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 332 str.

Kathleen Garces-Foley

Opis

This book is a comprehensive and accessible study of the intersection of death and religion, covering emerging social and religious phenomena, such as public shrines, the COVID-19 pandemic and online funeral practices. This cutting-edge work is essential to students of religion.

Spis treści

1. At the Intersection of Death and Religion. Part I. Religious Approaches to Death: 2. Contemporary Hindu Approaches to Death, 3. Death and Dying in Buddhist Cultures, 4. Jewish Responses to Death and Mourning: Resilience in the Face of Dramatic Social Change, 5. Christian Approaches to Death , 6. Between the Prescribed and the Performed: Muslim Ways of Death and Mortality, 7. Sikh Ways of Dying: Religious Ceremonies in Changing Deathscapes, 8. "The Whole Damn State is a ‘Site!’": The Politics of Death and Burial in Native California. Part II. Death and Dying in Contemporary Societies: 9. Hospice: The Search for Better Dying, 10. Dying Well, Dying Badly: Ethical Issues at the End of Life, 11. Changing Funeral Practices in the United States, 12. Spontaneous Shrines and Public Memorialization in Historical Context, 13. Religion and Grief.

O autorze

Kathleen Garces-Foley is a professor of religious studies at Marymount University, USA.