Puritan Way of Death A Study in Religion, Culture, and Social Change

Name: Puritan Way of Death A Study in Religion, Culture, and Social Change
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ISBN: 9780195025217

ISBN-10: 0195025210

ISBN-13: 9780195025217

Edition: 1979

Authors: David E. Stannard

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This is more than a book about Puritans or about death. It is also about family, community, and identity in the modern world. The book is an intelligent and highly original study of 17th-century attitudes toward death, which were profoundly different from those in our own time. Prof. Stannard's object is not merely to understand that period but to provide a perspective on the present. He skillfully combines historical research with important hypotheses concerning social change. The book rests upon a strong command of social science literature and is written with grace and style. Illustrations. "A richly diverse and highly readable book that skillfully combines historical research with…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/1979
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 5.38" wide x 8.00" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Death in the Western Tradition



The Puritan Way of Death



The World of the Puritan



Death and Childhood



Death and Dying



Death and Burial



Death and Decline



Epilogue



Toward an American Way of Death


Notes


Index