Patterns of Transcendence: Religion, Death, and Dying

Chidester, David

ISBN 10: 0534506070 / ISBN 13: 9780534506070

Published by Cengage Learning, 2001

About this Item

Good condition USED book. Pages are clean with normal wear. May have limited markings inside from previous owner.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Patterns of Transcendence: Religion, Death, and Dying
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534506070
• ISBN 13: 9780534506070
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

This cross-cultural book examines social, religious, and cultural approaches to death and dying across Eastern and Western cultures and religious traditions. Organization of the book begins with an examination of death and dying among non-literate peoples in different parts of the world, then covers Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, and Japanese approaches, Western patterns of transcendence (ancient Middle East, Judaic, Christian, and Islamic), and concludes with a chapter on death and dying in contemporary America. It discusses four patterns of transcendence: ancestral, experiential, cultural, and mythic.

Review

1. Religion, Death, and Dying. 2. Indigenous Transcendence. 3. Asian Transcendence. 4. The Tibetan Book of the Dead. 5. Abrahamic Transcendence. 6. The Divine Comedy. 7. Living Transcendence. Index.