Heroes and saints : the moment of death in cross-cultural pespectives /

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Imprint:Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (vi, 287 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12474536
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Other authors / contributors:Granoff, P. E. (Phyllis Emily), 1947-
Shinohara, Koichi, 1941-
ISBN:9781443810890
1443810894
9781847181602
1847181600
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:The present volume makes a unique contribution to the study of dying in ancient cultures by focusing on what happens in the critical moments before death. Employing a wide range of literary sources, the essays in this volume focus exclusively on the moment of death and practices associated Other the transition from this world to the next. Five of the essays deal Other Asian religions, primarily Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, and Japan. The other five essays deal Other the moment of death in th ...
Other form:Print version: Heroes and saints. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2007
Standard no.:9946250