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Routledge companion to death and dying / edited by Christopher M. Moreman.

Contributor(s): Moreman, Christopher M, 1974- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge religion companions: Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Description: xviii, 594 pages ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138852075; 1138852074Subject(s): Death -- Religious aspects | Religions | DeathLOC classification: BL504 | .R69 2018Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Religious approaches to death and afterlife -- Catholic views of the afterlife / Diana Walsh Pasulka -- Protestant views of the afterlife / Mark S. Sweetnam -- Mormon afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Daniel Belnap -- Christian funerary traditions / Thomas G. Long -- Jewish views of the afterlife / Dan Cohn-Sherbok -- Jewish funeral and mourning practices / Vanessa L. Ochs -- Muslim views of the afterlife / David Cook -- Funerary culture in Islam / Amila Buturovic -- Zoroastrian afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Almut Hintze -- Sikh afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Arvind-Pal S. Mandair -- Hindu afterlife beliefs and funerary practice / T.S. Rukmani -- Jaina afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Peter Flugel -- Theravada Buddhist afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Matthew T. Kapstein -- Shinto and death: from cultural roots to contemporary thought / Stuart D.B. Picken -- Early Chinese afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Mu-Chou Poo -- Contemporary Daoist afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Adeline Herrou -- North American indigenous afterlife beliefs / Joseph A.P. Wilson -- African afterlife beliefs / Zayin Cabot -- Overcoming death in new religious movements / Susan J. Palmer -- Afterlife beliefs in the Spiritualist movement / Walter Meyer Zu Erpen -- Death and the afterlife in the Raelian religion / General beliefs and practices -- Heavens and hells / Eileen Gardiner -- Reincarnation / James A. Santucci -- Mysticism / Thomas Quarter -- The American cemetery / Albert N. Hamscher -- Cremation / Douglas J. Davies -- Mummification / Heather Gill-Frerking -- Digital memorials / Candi K. Cann -- Liminal states and liminal beings -- Near-death experiences / Gregory Shushan -- Past-life memories / Jim B. Tucker -- Ghosts / Angels / John Charles Arnold and Tony Walter -- The undead: vampires and zombies / Animals / Barbara R. Ambros and Laura Hobgood -- The talking dead in organ donation and spirit possession / Leslie A. Sharp -- On dying -- Defining death / James L Bernat -- The death awareness moement / Lucy Bregman -- Conceptual approaches to understanding the dying process / Kenneth J. Doka -- The cross-cultural study of grief / Dennis Klass -- A "good death" in hospice palliative care / Harold Coward and Elizabeth Causton -- Assisted dying / Paul Badham -- Additional ethical considerations -- Suicide: psychopathology, existential choice, or religious/cultural influences / Mark M. Leach and Frederick T.L. Leong -- Martyrdom / Paul Middleton -- The psychology of mass murder and serial killing / Katherine Ramsland -- Abortion / Daniel C. Maguire -- Intellectual disability and the end of life / Laura A. Kicklighter -- Epidemic / Joseph P. Burn -- Additional scholarly perspectives -- Philosophical perspectives / Steven Luper -- Anthropology and death / Douglas J. Davies -- Mortuary archaeology / Zoe Crossland and J. Suzi Wilson -- Death in Westin art and literature /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Religious approaches to death and afterlife -- Catholic views of the afterlife / Diana Walsh Pasulka -- Protestant views of the afterlife / Mark S. Sweetnam -- Mormon afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Daniel Belnap -- Christian funerary traditions / Thomas G. Long -- Jewish views of the afterlife / Dan Cohn-Sherbok -- Jewish funeral and mourning practices / Vanessa L. Ochs -- Muslim views of the afterlife / David Cook -- Funerary culture in Islam / Amila Buturovic -- Zoroastrian afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Almut Hintze -- Sikh afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Arvind-Pal S. Mandair -- Hindu afterlife beliefs and funerary practice / T.S. Rukmani -- Jaina afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Peter Flugel -- Theravada Buddhist afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Matthew T. Kapstein -- Shinto and death: from cultural roots to contemporary thought / Stuart D.B. Picken -- Early Chinese afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Mu-Chou Poo -- Contemporary Daoist afterlife beliefs and funerary practices / Adeline Herrou -- North American indigenous afterlife beliefs / Joseph A.P. Wilson -- African afterlife beliefs / Zayin Cabot -- Overcoming death in new religious movements / Susan J. Palmer -- Afterlife beliefs in the Spiritualist movement / Walter Meyer Zu Erpen -- Death and the afterlife in the Raelian religion / rik A.W. Ostling and James R. Lewis -- Part 2. General beliefs and practices -- Heavens and hells / Eileen Gardiner -- Reincarnation / James A. Santucci -- Mysticism / Thomas Quarter -- The American cemetery / Albert N. Hamscher -- Cremation / Douglas J. Davies -- Mummification / Heather Gill-Frerking -- Digital memorials / Candi K. Cann -- Part 3. Liminal states and liminal beings -- Near-death experiences / Gregory Shushan -- Past-life memories / Jim B. Tucker -- Ghosts / wen Davies -- Angels / John Charles Arnold and Tony Walter -- The undead: vampires and zombies / ohn Edgar Browning -- Animals / Barbara R. Ambros and Laura Hobgood -- The talking dead in organ donation and spirit possession / Leslie A. Sharp -- Part 4. On dying -- Defining death / James L Bernat -- The death awareness moement / Lucy Bregman -- Conceptual approaches to understanding the dying process / Kenneth J. Doka -- The cross-cultural study of grief / Dennis Klass -- A "good death" in hospice palliative care / Harold Coward and Elizabeth Causton -- Assisted dying / Paul Badham -- Part 5. Additional ethical considerations -- Suicide: psychopathology, existential choice, or religious/cultural influences / Mark M. Leach and Frederick T.L. Leong -- Martyrdom / Paul Middleton -- The psychology of mass murder and serial killing / Katherine Ramsland -- Abortion / Daniel C. Maguire -- Intellectual disability and the end of life / Laura A. Kicklighter -- Epidemic / Joseph P. Burn -- Part 6. Additional scholarly perspectives -- Philosophical perspectives / Steven Luper -- Anthropology and death / Douglas J. Davies -- Mortuary archaeology / Zoe Crossland and J. Suzi Wilson -- Death in Westin art and literature / hristina Staudt.

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