Death, Ritual, and Belief : The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites （2ND）

Davies, Douglas

Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd（2002/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780826454843
• DDC分類 291.23

Full Description

Describing a great variety of funeral ritual from major world religions and from local traditions, this book shows how cultures not only cope with corpses but also create an added value for living through the encouragement of afterlife beliefs. The explosion of interest in death in recent years reflects the key theme of this book - the rhetoric of death - the way cultures use the most potent weapon of words to bring new power to life. This new edition is one third longer than the original with new material on the death of Jesus, the most theorized death ever which offers a useful case study for students. There is also empirical material from contemporary/recent events such as the death of Diana and an expanded section on theories of grief which will make the book more attractive to death counsellors.

Contents

Symbols, death and dying; rituals and corpses; soul, ethics and destiny; ancestors and identity; ghosts, purity and the influential dead; theories of grief; memorials; sacrifice, violence and conquest; the death of Jesus and Christianity; death, grief and the birth of religions.