Death and dying, spirituality, and religions : a study of the death awareness movement / Lucy Bregma...
Death and dying, spirituality, and religions : a study of the death awareness movement / Lucy Bregma...
Death and dying, spirituality, and religions : a study of the death awareness movement / Lucy Bregman.
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New York : Peter Lang, c2003.
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N291.23/ 37
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English
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vi, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Death and Dying, Spirituality and Religions Today -- Ch. 1. The Death Awareness Movement and Its Spirituality -- Ch. 2. Spirituality: Traditional and Contemporary Meanings -- Ch. 3. From "Nice" to "Mess": Critical Perspectives -- Ch. 4. Christianity and Death Awareness Imagery: "Lapsed...
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New York : Peter Lang, c2003.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2003.
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"The death awareness movement provides a new language for speaking about death and dying by stressing death, dying and bereavement as meaningful human experiences beyond their medical context. This movement appears secular and detached from religion, although its advocates embrace spirituality. However, is this separation from religion realistic? D...
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Death and dying, spirituality, and religions : a study of the death awareness movement / Lucy Bregman.
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American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion ; v. 228.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-241) and index.
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c2003.
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N291.23/ 37
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0820467294 (alk. paper)
9780820467290 (alk. paper)
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291.23
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991019273239702626
