{"product_id":"9781405153706","title":"Understanding Death An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUnderstanding Death\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAngela Sumegi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive survey of how religions understand death, dying, and the afterlife, drawing on examples from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Shamanic perspectives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders shared and differing views of death across the world's major religions, including on the nature of death itself, the reasons for it, the identity of those who die, religious rituals, and on how the living should respond to death\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlaces emphasis on the varying concepts of the 'self' or soul\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses a thematic structure to facilitate a broader comparative understanding\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in an accessible style to appeal to an undergraduate audience, it fills major gap in current textbook literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eAngela Sumegi\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Religion at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDream Worlds of Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism\u003c\/i\u003e (2008)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Outside academia, she teaches Buddhist meditation and is the founder and director of a Canadian charity that supports Tibetan refugee children in India.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 September 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405153706\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e280\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310570893452,"sku":"9781405153706","price":100.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405153706.jpg?v=1780113067","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405153706","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}