Perspectives on death and dying : cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary views / edited by Arthur Berger [and others].

Other author Berger, Arthur, 1920-
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia, Pa. : Charles Press, ©1989.
Descriptionxiii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Mythological aspects of death and dying / Stanley Krippner -- African perspectives on death and dying / Kofi Asare Opoku -- Death and the afterlife in African culture / Kwasi Wiredu -- Islamic perspectives on death and dying / Ahmad Anisuzzaman Muwahidi -- The concept of death and the afterlife in Islam / Jan Knappert -- The good death : approaches to death, dying, and bereavement among British Hindus / Shirley Firth -- The Hindu concept of death / Jamuna Prashad -- Upanishadic eschatology : the other side of death / William A. Borman -- Conquering death / Daya Shanker -- Rebirth and afterlife in Buddhism / Carl B. Becker -- Chinese perspectives on death and dying / Wei Wei C. Huang -- Death in the Maya cosmos / Harold B. Haley and Francis X. Grollig -- The ethics of certain death : suicide, execution, and euthansia / Charles Davies -- Do we have a right to die? / John Beloff --
Contents Voluntary active euthanasia : an individual's right to determine the time and manner of death / Marvin E. Newman -- Jungian psychology and the nature of death / Alfred Ribi -- Problems raised by the concept of the survival of personality after death / Gertrude R. Schmeidler -- Does religion need immortality ? / Paul Badham -- The Ars Moriendi and breaking the conspiracy of silence / Michael Perry -- A postmodern mythology of death / Michael Grosso -- People and the paranormal / David Cockburn -- The near-death experience : cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary dimensions / David Lorimer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 88063424
ISBN0914783262 (hardbound)
ISBN0914783270 (softbound)