The Sacred Art of Dying: How World Religions Understand Death

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• The Sacred Art of Dying - How World Religions Understand Death *
• Acknowledgements *
• Contents iii
• Preface 1
• Beginning: Dialogue with Death 5
• Chapter 1 - The Three Faces of Death 11
• Chapter 2 - Hindu Attitudes Toward Death 27
• Chapter 3 - Buddhist Attitudes Toward Death 43
• Chapter 4 - Zen Attitudes Toward Death 58
• Chapter 5 - Tibetan Attitudes Toward Death 70
• Chapter 6 - Chinese Attitudes Toward Death 81
• Chapter 7 - Mesopotamian and Egyptian Attitudes Toward Death 94
• Chapter 8 - Greek Attitudes Toward Death 110
• Chapter 9 - Hebraic Attitudes Toward Death 122
• Chapter 10 - Christian Attitudes Toward Death 139
• Chapter 11 - Islamic Attitudes Toward Death 157

• The Sacred Art of Dying - How World Religions Understand Death *
• Acknowledgements *
• Contents iii
• Preface 1
• Beginning: Dialogue with Death 5
• Chapter 1 - The Three Faces of Death 11
• Chapter 2 - Hindu Attitudes Toward Death 27
• Chapter 3 - Buddhist Attitudes Toward Death 43
• Chapter 4 - Zen Attitudes Toward Death 58
• Chapter 5 - Tibetan Attitudes Toward Death 70
• Chapter 6 - Chinese Attitudes Toward Death 81
• Chapter 7 - Mesopotamian and Egyptian Attitudes Toward Death 94
• Chapter 8 - Greek Attitudes Toward Death 110
• Chapter 9 - Hebraic Attitudes Toward Death 122
• Chapter 10 - Christian Attitudes Toward Death 139
• Chapter 11 - Islamic Attitudes Toward Death 157
• Chapter 12 - American Indian Attitudes Toward Death 169
• Chapter 13 - Dying All Deaths 178
• Chapter 14 - Dying Before Dying: The Experience of Rebirth 187
• Ending: Last Words 198
• Bibliography 202
• Appendix - Selected Journal Writings 207
• Index 223