Death, Ritual And Belief: The Rhetoric Of Funerary Rites
by Douglas Davies /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Death, Ritual and Belief
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.
, 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.
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,
Providing an introduction to key authors and authorities on death
beliefs, bereavement, grief and ritual-symbolism,Death,
Ritual and Belief
Death,
Ritual and Belief is an authoritative guide to the
perspectives of major religious and secular worldviews.
is an authoritative guide to the
perspectives of major religious and secular worldviews.