How have religious traditions responded? What resources do they bring to a discussion of death's contemporary dilemmas? This book offers a range of creative and contextual responses from a variety of religious and cultural traditions.

This collection of essays is an exercise in comparative philosophy of religion that explores the different ways in which humans express the inexpressible.

--Nelson, B. The games of life and dances of death.--Sleeper, R. The resurrection of the body.--Friedman, M. Death and the dialogue with the absurd.--Wyschogrod, E. Sport, death, and the elemental.

The book analyses various experiences and representations of dying and death from the perspective of academic disciplines as diverse as theology, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and literature. The rationale for this is simple.

In this uplifting book, filled with people's personal stories, the authors will inspire you with their warmth, wisdom and practical suggestions, as they share dozens of ways to make the death and dying of those you love everything you'd ...

The fully revised and updated edition of this bestselling collection combines academic research with professional and personal reflections.

Exploring the Philosophy of Death and Dying is unique in using classic and contemporary texts to introduce students to the central theoretical and practical questions raised by human mortality, making it a versatile resource for instructors ...

This second edition has been extensively revised and updated, incorporating both historically central readings on truth's nature as well as up-to-the-moment contemporary essays.