Death and Religion

The Basics

Candi Cann

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Routledge
30 December 2022

Philosophy of religion; Religious ethics; Anthropology; Personal & public health; Health & Self-Help

Series: The Basics

"Death and Religion: The Basics provides a thorough and accessible introduction to dying, death, grief, and conceptions of the afterlife in world religions.

It leads readers through considerations of how we understand meanings of death and after-death, and the theories and practices attached to these states of being, with recourse to various religious worldviews: Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Chinese Religions, and Native American belief systems. This inter-religious approach provides a rich, dynamic survey of varying and evolving cultural attitudes to death. Topics covered include:

Religious perspectives of ""the good death""

Grief, bereavement, and mourning

Stages and definitions of death

Burial, cremation, and disposition

Remembrance rituals

Religious theories of the afterlife

Death and technology

Featuring a glossary, suggestions for further reading in each chapter and key terms, this is the ideal text for students approaching the intersection of death and religion for the first time, and those in the fields of religious studies, thanatology, anthropology, philosophy, and sociology."

By: Candi Cann
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9780367111304
ISBN 10: 0367111306
Series: The Basics
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 30 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Candi K. Cann is an Associate Professor of Religion in the Honors College at Baylor University, USA. She chairs the Death, Dying, and Beyond committee for the American Academy of Religion, is a former Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University, and a Fulbright Scholar at Han Nam University in South Korea (2023). Check out her website for a full list of her many publications, talks and interviews: www.candikcann.com