Death and dying, spirituality, and religions : a study of the death awareness movement / Lucy Bregman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bregman, Lucy.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

American university studies. Theology and religion ; Series VII, v. 228.

American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion ; v. 228

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Religious aspects.

Death.

Physical Description:

vi, 251 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2003]

Contents:

Introduction: Death and Dying, Spirituality and Religions Today 1

Chapter 1 The Death Awareness Movement and Its Spirituality 13

Chapter 2 Spirituality: Traditional and Contemporary Meanings 33

Chapter 3 From "Nice" to "Mess": Critical Perspectives 53

Chapter 4 Christianity and Death Awareness Imagery: "Lapsed," "Recovering" and Disconnected 69

Chapter 5 Christian Legacies: Continuities, Retentions and Returns 93

Chapter 6 Judaism's Spirituality of Mourning 121

Chapter 7 American Buddhism: Conscious Dying and Spiritual Practices 147

Chapter 8 Tribal Religions: Idealizations and Actualities 177

Conclusion: Christian Responses to the Death Awareness Movement 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-241) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0820467294

OCLC:

51900406