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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Understanding Death | |
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| Return from the Dead | |
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| Debates and Definitions | |
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| Death and the Self | |
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| Ritual and Transformation | |
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| Notes | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Primal Perspectives on Death | |
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| Soul Theories of Primal Peoples | |
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| The Destiny of Souls | |
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| Afterlife among the Warao | |
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| Rituals of Departure | |
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| A Conversation on Understanding Death | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Death in the Ancient World | |
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| Egypt | |
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| Egyptian Soul Theory | |
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| Transforming the Body | |
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| Egyptian Afterlife | |
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| The Story of Osiris | |
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| Mesopotamia | |
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| Gilgamesh and the Search for Immortality | |
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| The Spirits of the Dead in Mesopotamian Culture | |
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| Persia | |
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| Zoroaster and the Evil of Death | |
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| Salvation for All | |
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| Notes | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Jewish Perspectives on Death | |
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| The Beginning of Death | |
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| The Soul and Sheol | |
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| Resurrection and the World to Come | |
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| The Journey of the Soul | |
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| Rituals of Departure | |
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| A Conversation on Understanding Death | |
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| Notes | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Christian Perspectives on Death | |
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| The Death of Jesus | |
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| Developments in Christian Thought on the Soul | |
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| Resurrection and Eternal Life | |
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| Heaven and Hell | |
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| Rituals of Departure | |
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| A Conversation on Understanding Death | |
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| Notes | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Muslim Perspectives on Death | |
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| The Names of God | |
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| Ruh and Nafs | |
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| The Trial of the Grave | |
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| The Garden (Janna) and the Fire (Jahannam) | |
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| Modern Islamic Views on Heaven and Hell | |
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| Rituals of Departure | |
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| A Conversation on Understanding Death | |
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| Notes | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Hindu Perspectives on Death | |
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| Feeding the Ancestors | |
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| The First Sacrifice | |
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| Death, the Immortal | |
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| The Inner Controller | |
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| In the House of Death | |
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| The Three Paths to Liberation | |
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| Rituals of Departure | |
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| A Conversation on Understanding Death | |
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| Notes | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Buddhist Perspectives on Death | |
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| The Life and Death of the Buddha | |
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| The Noble Truths | |
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| Karma, Self, and the Wheel of Becoming | |
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| Nirvana: The Deathless | |
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| Rituals of Departure | |
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| A Conversation on Understanding Death | |
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| Notes | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Daoist Perspectives on Death | |
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| The Ancestors | |
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| Soul Theories | |
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| The Nameless Way | |
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| Transformations of the Self | |
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| The Search for Immortality | |
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| Rituals of Departure | |
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| A Conversation on Understanding Death | |
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| Notes | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Index | |