Death, Ritual and Belief, Second Edition: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites - Brossura

Davies, Douglas J.

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ISBN 10: 0826454844 ISBN 13: 9780826454843

Casa editrice: Continuum, 2002

Riassunto

Describing a great variety of funeral ritual from major world religions and from local traditions, this book shows how cultures not only cope with corpses but also create an added value for living through the encouragement of afterlife beliefs. The explosion of interest in death in recent years reflects the key theme of this book - the rhetoric of death - the way cultures use the most potent weapon of words to bring new power to life. This new edition is one third longer than the original with new material on the death of Jesus, the most theorized death ever which offers a useful case study for students. There is also empirical material from contemporary/recent events such as the death of Diana and an expanded section on theories of grief which will make the book more attractive to death counsellors.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Douglas Davies is Professor in the Study of Religion in the University of Durham, UK. His numerous books on death and other aspects of Religious Studies reflect his combined skills both as an Anthropologist of Religion and Theologian.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Continuum
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0826454844
• ISBN 13: 9780826454843
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Germania