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Death and the Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia

By Richard P. Taylor

Book information

Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Year
2000
ISBN
0874369398, 9780874369397
LCC
GT3150 .T25 2000
Open Library ID
OL6777030M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
2 MB (1817974 bytes)
Pages
438\0
Time added
2010-01-07 06:59:20

Description

This vast compendium of information contains hundreds of entries on the sometimes obscure, complicated, and mysterious (but always fascinating) funeral customs of dozens of cultures. Topics cover the burial and afterlife customs of China, the Greco-Roman world, India, the Near East, ancient Israel, the Iron Age Celts, Africa, Native Americans, Lapps, Islamic countries, modern Western society, and many other ancient and contemporary cultures. More than a gathering of information, this essential reference draws out the underlying meaning of funeral and afterlife traditions. It makes available a variety of human responses to that most fundamental reality of life: death.

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