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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: New. InhaltsverzeichnisPreface to Second EditionPreface to Third EditionAcknowledgements IllustrationsIntroduction1. Interpreting Death Rites2. Coping with Corpses: Impurity, Fertility and Fear3 Theories of Grief4. Violence, Sacrifice.

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Condizione: New. Explores Mormon theology in different ways from a scholarly non-Mormon perspective. Bringing Jesus and Satan into relationship with Joseph Smith the founding prophet, this book shows how the Mormon 'Plan of Salvation' can be equated with mainstream Christianity's doctrine of the Trinity as a driving force of the faith. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC99; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558. . 2010. Paperback. . . . .…

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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Death in todays world is sometimes centre stage and sometimes scarcely visible at all. The emotional mapping of dying, death, funerals, memory, and grief embraces much diversity as personal choice engages with patterns of tradition and increasing commercial options. Old peoples homes offer respite while prompting anxiety over being forgotten while on the route to death, older old age is not always seen as a blessing.Increasing academic and popular interest in mortality witnesses the rise of death studies, drawing from many academic disciplines, as reflected in this books insightful work of anthropologists, sociologists, historians, theologians and literary scholars. These highlight the ritual and symbolism of funerals, memorials, sex, gender, and queer issues while also capturing key aspects of belief, law, and ethics. Literature, too, is not forgotten.Traditional and woodland burials, cremation and its ashes, the freezing of the dead, and innovative forms of alkaline hydrolysis of bodies all play their part in contemporary wishes. But other pressured circumstances of migration, pandemics, war, terrorism, and most especially of global warming and climate change affect the energy, chemistry, and land used for the dead: death is now an ecological and environmental challenge. Yet, some long to live long while others seek death when assailed by serious illness, sometimes feeling betrayed by healthcare systems forbidding euthanasia. Many kinds of words against death accompany all these situations, not least as the quiet grief of families and friends touches our identity or even our destiny.A Cultural History of Death is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available as hardcover sets for libraries preferring a tangible reference or as part of a fully-searchable digital library. The digital product is available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access via Individual volumes are available in print or digitally via A comprehensive examination of the history of Death from 1920 to the present day. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 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. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: New. Explores Mormon theology in different ways from a scholarly non-Mormon perspective. Bringing Jesus and Satan into relationship with Joseph Smith the founding prophet, this book shows how the Mormon 'Plan of Salvation' can be equated with mainstream Christianity's doctrine of the Trinity as a driving force of the faith. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC99; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558. . 2010. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Death in todays world is sometimes centre stage and sometimes scarcely visible at all. The emotional mapping of dying, death, funerals, memory, and grief embraces much diversity as personal choice engages with patterns of tradition and increasing commercial options. Old peoples homes offer respite while prompting anxiety over being forgotten while on the route to death, older old age is not always seen as a blessing.Increasing academic and popular interest in mortality witnesses the rise of death studies, drawing from many academic disciplines, as reflected in this books insightful work of anthropologists, sociologists, historians, theologians and literary scholars. These highlight the ritual and symbolism of funerals, memorials, sex, gender, and queer issues while also capturing key aspects of belief, law, and ethics. Literature, too, is not forgotten.Traditional and woodland burials, cremation and its ashes, the freezing of the dead, and innovative forms of alkaline hydrolysis of bodies all play their part in contemporary wishes. But other pressured circumstances of migration, pandemics, war, terrorism, and most especially of global warming and climate change affect the energy, chemistry, and land used for the dead: death is now an ecological and environmental challenge. Yet, some long to live long while others seek death when assailed by serious illness, sometimes feeling betrayed by healthcare systems forbidding euthanasia. Many kinds of words against death accompany all these situations, not least as the quiet grief of families and friends touches our identity or even our destiny.A Cultural History of Death is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available as hardcover sets for libraries preferring a tangible reference or as part of a fully-searchable digital library. The digital product is available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access via Individual volumes are available in print or digitally via A comprehensive examination of the history of Death from 1920 to the present day. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Death in todays world is sometimes centre stage and sometimes scarcely visible at all. The emotional mapping of dying, death, funerals, memory, and grief embraces much diversity as personal choice engages with patterns of tradition and increasing commercial options. Old peoples homes offer respite while prompting anxiety over being forgotten while on the route to death, older old age is not always seen as a blessing.Increasing academic and popular interest in mortality witnesses the rise of death studies, drawing from many academic disciplines, as reflected in this books insightful work of anthropologists, sociologists, historians, theologians and literary scholars. These highlight the ritual and symbolism of funerals, memorials, sex, gender, and queer issues while also capturing key aspects of belief, law, and ethics. Literature, too, is not forgotten.Traditional and woodland burials, cremation and its ashes, the freezing of the dead, and innovative forms of alkaline hydrolysis of bodies all play their part in contemporary wishes. But other pressured circumstances of migration, pandemics, war, terrorism, and most especially of global warming and climate change affect the energy, chemistry, and land used for the dead: death is now an ecological and environmental challenge. Yet, some long to live long while others seek death when assailed by serious illness, sometimes feeling betrayed by healthcare systems forbidding euthanasia. Many kinds of words against death accompany all these situations, not least as the quiet grief of families and friends touches our identity or even our destiny.A Cultural History of Death is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available as hardcover sets for libraries preferring a tangible reference or as part of a fully-searchable digital library. The digital product is available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access via Individual volumes are available in print or digitally via A comprehensive examination of the history of Death from 1920 to the present day. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: New. Presenting a kaleidoscope of informative views of death, dying and human response, this book reveals how different disciplines contribute to understanding the theme of death. It focuses on issues surrounding death, and on the issue of emotion. Editor(s): Davies, Professor Douglas J. Num Pages: 248 pages, Includes 21 b&w illustrations and 10 musical examples. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 608. . 2012. Hardback. . . . . …

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Condizione: New. Presenting a kaleidoscope of informative views of death, dying and human response, this book reveals how different disciplines contribute to understanding the theme of death. It focuses on issues surrounding death, and on the issue of emotion. Editor(s): Davies, Professor Douglas J. Num Pages: 248 pages, Includes 21 b&w illustrations and 10 musical examples. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 608. . 2012. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Book & Merchandise. Condizione: new. Book & Merchandise. How has our understanding of death evolved over the course of 2,500 years? What can recorded history tell us about how different cultures and societies have felt about, experienced, responded to and marked the occasion of death across different periods and lands?These are the questions pursued by 54 experts in this landmark work that explores the way past societies thought, behaved and developed as they wrestled with enormity of their own mortality. The volumes draw on history, anthropology and cultural studies to carve a complete picture of death, its symbols and interpretations from Antiquity to the present day. Individual editors ensure volumes are cohesive and chapter titles are also identical across the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or tracing a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE); 2. Middle Ages (800 - 1450); 3. Renaissance (1450 - 1650) ; 4. Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1789); 5. Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6. Modern Age (1920 2000+).Themes (and chapter titles) are: Dead and Dying Bodies; The Sensory Aesthetics of Death; Emotions, Mortality and Vitality; Deaths Ritual-Symbolic Performance; Sites, Power and Politics of Death; Gender, Age and Identity; Explaining Death; and The Undead and Eternal.The page extent is approximately 1,728 pp with c. 300 illustrations. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors, a series preface and an introduction, and concludes with Notes, Bibliography and an Index.The Cultural Histories SeriesA Cultural History of Death is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see . A period-by-period overview of death from the ancient period to the present day. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Book & Merchandise. Condizione: new. Book & Merchandise. How has our understanding of death evolved over the course of 2,500 years? What can recorded history tell us about how different cultures and societies have felt about, experienced, responded to and marked the occasion of death across different periods and lands?These are the questions pursued by 54 experts in this landmark work that explores the way past societies thought, behaved and developed as they wrestled with enormity of their own mortality. The volumes draw on history, anthropology and cultural studies to carve a complete picture of death, its symbols and interpretations from Antiquity to the present day. Individual editors ensure volumes are cohesive and chapter titles are also identical across the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or tracing a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE); 2. Middle Ages (800 - 1450); 3. Renaissance (1450 - 1650) ; 4. Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1789); 5. Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6. Modern Age (1920 2000+).Themes (and chapter titles) are: Dead and Dying Bodies; The Sensory Aesthetics of Death; Emotions, Mortality and Vitality; Deaths Ritual-Symbolic Performance; Sites, Power and Politics of Death; Gender, Age and Identity; Explaining Death; and The Undead and Eternal.The page extent is approximately 1,728 pp with c. 300 illustrations. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors, a series preface and an introduction, and concludes with Notes, Bibliography and an Index.The Cultural Histories SeriesA Cultural History of Death is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see . A period-by-period overview of death from the ancient period to the present day. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Book & Merchandise. Condizione: new. Book & Merchandise. How has our understanding of death evolved over the course of 2,500 years? What can recorded history tell us about how different cultures and societies have felt about, experienced, responded to and marked the occasion of death across different periods and lands?These are the questions pursued by 54 experts in this landmark work that explores the way past societies thought, behaved and developed as they wrestled with enormity of their own mortality. The volumes draw on history, anthropology and cultural studies to carve a complete picture of death, its symbols and interpretations from Antiquity to the present day. Individual editors ensure volumes are cohesive and chapter titles are also identical across the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or tracing a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity (500 BCE - 800 CE); 2. Middle Ages (800 - 1450); 3. Renaissance (1450 - 1650) ; 4. Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1789); 5. Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6. Modern Age (1920 2000+).Themes (and chapter titles) are: Dead and Dying Bodies; The Sensory Aesthetics of Death; Emotions, Mortality and Vitality; Deaths Ritual-Symbolic Performance; Sites, Power and Politics of Death; Gender, Age and Identity; Explaining Death; and The Undead and Eternal.The page extent is approximately 1,728 pp with c. 300 illustrations. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors, a series preface and an introduction, and concludes with Notes, Bibliography and an Index.The Cultural Histories SeriesA Cultural History of Death is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see . A period-by-period overview of death from the ancient period to the present day. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The first part of the book is grounded in biblical issues and in historical and philosophical theology. It seeks to establish several schemes of death theology related, for example, to early Christianity's Jewish cultural milieu, to belief in Christ's resurrection and to Christology, to issues of millennial belief and to an emergent liturgical practice. The rise of notions of the soul in relation to medieval thought and practice and the place of death in reformation theology are both covered, as is the role of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Finally the rise of biblical theology is considered, especially in the twentieth century. The second part of the book takes up several contemporary models of the theology of death. The first pursues a traditional acceptance of an other-worldly afterlife, the second explores worldly analysis of eternal life as a quality of contemporary existence devoid of any future state. The third develops the worldly model and considers a wider sense of self as a part of an ecological view of the world as a divine creation and explores the meaning of birth-life and death amidst a divine environment. The Theology of Death aims to offer some sharply defined schemes to focus thought in a Christian environment in which death, hell and heaven have almost lost their place. The topic of hope is a key element and the book explores the birth and fostering of hope within Christian traditions. Seeks to establish several schemes of death theology related, for example, to early Christianity's Jewish cultural milieu, to belief in Christ's resurrection and to Christology, to issues of millennial belief and to an emergent liturgical practice. This book also takes up several contemporary models of the theology of death. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 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. Describing a great variety of funeral rituals 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 growth of afterlife beliefs. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 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. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The first part of the book is grounded in biblical issues and in historical and philosophical theology. It seeks to establish several schemes of death theology related, for example, to early Christianity's Jewish cultural milieu, to belief in Christ's resurrection and to Christology, to issues of millennial belief and to an emergent liturgical practice. The rise of notions of the soul in relation to medieval thought and practice and the place of death in reformation theology are both covered, as is the role of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Finally the rise of biblical theology is considered, especially in the twentieth century. The second part of the book takes up several contemporary models of the theology of death. The first pursues a traditional acceptance of an other-worldly afterlife, the second explores worldly analysis of eternal life as a quality of contemporary existence devoid of any future state. The third develops the worldly model and considers a wider sense of self as a part of an ecological view of the world as a divine creation and explores the meaning of birth-life and death amidst a divine environment. The Theology of Death aims to offer some sharply defined schemes to focus thought in a Christian environment in which death, hell and heaven have almost lost their place. The topic of hope is a key element and the book explores the birth and fostering of hope within Christian traditions. Seeks to establish several schemes of death theology related, for example, to early Christianity's Jewish cultural milieu, to belief in Christ's resurrection and to Christology, to issues of millennial belief and to an emergent liturgical practice. This book also takes up several contemporary models of the theology of death. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 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. Describing a great variety of funeral rituals 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 growth of afterlife beliefs. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…