This anthology directs attention to the evolving understanding of death and dying in today's multicultural environment. Authoritative voices of pioneers and pathfinders in the field of death studies are joined by insightful commentators from intersecting disciplines, bringing depth and range of coverage to current knowledge about death, dying, and bereavement. This approach encourages critical thinking and allows students to examine their own feelings and beliefs about the path ahead.
Spiritualism and Society (Routledge Revivals) (Routledge Revivals)
by G. K. Nelson
First published in 1969, this title explores the origins of Spiritualism as a religious movement. The first part is a history of Spiritualism, with a focus on its origins within America and the development of the organisation within itself. Next, Nelson considers the rise of Spiritualism in Britain, using evidence taken from contemporary journals, other publications and interviews. Finally, the Spiritualist movement is analysed in terms of sociological theory, looking at the Church and the defin...
Budge, a prestigious Egyptologist, includes a translation of secret religious papyri, a history of Egyptian religion, and a helpful English translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics. This is a reprint of the classic work first published in 1906.
The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina (Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local,)
A 20-Minute Summary of Atul Gawande's Being Mortal
by Instaread Summaries
Is death merely the cessation of life? Are our final years simply a wearing out of the body? Are hospitals and funeral homes, the bureaucratic machinery of death, capable of handling the profound spiritual dimension of dying? In The Last Passage, Donald Heinz offers wise answers to these questions in a book that urges us to "recover a death of our own" and to view our final years as a fulfilment, a "last career". Despite the recent spate of books on death and dying, death remains a fact our cu...
The Jesuit's Memorial for the Intended Reformation of England Under Their First Popish Prince
by Robert Parsons
The words of a eulogist capture a moment when the living begin to define the memory of one who has died. A portion of the text is often printed in the newspaper the next day, but until now, full texts were rarely accessible to readers and researchers later. In Tribute: Eulogies of Famous People collects the eulogies given in memoriam of influential men and women of the twentieth century. In many cases men and women who were notable in their own right gave the eulogies. In Tribute offers the sti...
Death in Fifteenth-Century Castile: Ideologies of the Elites. Monografias A, Volume 205. (Coleccion Tamesis)
by Laura Vivanco
101 Wacky Facts about Mummies (A Parachute press book)
by Jack C Harris
