This cross-cultural text 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.
| ISBN: | 9780534506070 |
| Publication date: | 2nd September 2001 |
| Author: | David Chidester |
| Publisher: | Wadsworth an imprint of Cengage Learning |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 262 pages |
| Genres: |
Religion: general |
This cross-cultural text 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.
Patterns of Transcendence features in the following genres: Religion: general
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Patterns of Transcendence was written by David Chidester and published by Wadsworth an imprint of Cengage Learning
Patterns of Transcendence has 262 pages