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Books on: death and the afterlife

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Death and Afterlife: Perspectives of World Religions

Book by Hiroshi Obayashi; Praeger, 1992

Subjects:

Death--Religious Aspects--Comparative Studies, Future Life--Comparative Studies

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...READING GENERAL Eliade Mircea. "Death, Afterlife and Eschatology." Chap. 3 of...Metcalf, eds. Celebrations of Death: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual...1976. Sullivan Lawrence E., ed. Death, Afterlife and the Soul: Religion...
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Breaking the Circle: Death and the Afterlife in Buddhism

Book by Carl B. Becker; Southern Illinois University Press, 1993

Subjects:

Death--Religious Aspects--Buddhism, Future Life--Buddhism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...produced, especially concerning death and the afterlife. Recently, there have been many books looking at the problems of death and dying, like those by Elizabeth...focusing on how Buddhists look at death and dying. This study bridges...
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Time's Purpled Masquers: Stars and the Afterlife in Renaissance English Literature

Book by Alastair Fowler; Clarendon Press, 1996

Subjects:

Death In Literature, English Literature--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, Figures Of Speech, Future Life In Literature, Heaven In Literature, Immortality In Literature, Renaissance--England, Stars In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...a conception of stellar afterlife imaginable in our own century. Terrestrial Afterlife We may seem to have come...unspiritual conceptions of the afterlife. But ideas still more mundane...separate destinations after death. Princes and heroes might...
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Vichy's Afterlife: History and Counterhistory in Postwar France

Book by Richard J. Golsan; University of Nebraska Press, 2000

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France--History--German Occupation, 1940-1945--Historiography, Historians--France--Attitudes, Public Opinion--France, Vichy (France)--Politics And Government--Moral And Ethical Aspects, War Crime Trials--France--Public Opinion

Collections: History, Entire Library

...diachronic approach to the memory of Vichy, I will speak here of Vichys "afterlife." The Random House Dictionary defines "afterlife" as both "the life after death" and "the latter part of ones life." What better expression for the paradox...
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Gogol's Afterlife: The Evolution of a Classic in Imperial and Soviet Russia

Book by Stephen Moeller-Sally; Northwestern University Press, 2002

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Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich--1809-1852, Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich--1809-1852--Appreciation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...unconsciousness, and, at last, death. Before the body was dressed...posterity.l (See figure 2.) Death masks originated as a sign to the spirit in the afterlife. Believ- ing that immortality...of the bodys identity, the death mask ensured that the soul...

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Journal Articles on: death and the afterlife

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Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer

Journal article by Richard A. Fox; The Historian, Vol. 70, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer (Biography)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer. by Richard A. Fox Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer. By Louise Barnett...
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The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life after Death

Journal article by Daryl J. Bem; The Journal of Parapsychology, Vol. 69, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Live After Death (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough...Evidence of Life after Death. by Daryl J. Bem THE...EVIDENCE OF LIVE AFTER DEATH by Gary E. Schwartz...suffered several recent deaths among their acquaintances...Evidence for life after death. Charlottesville...mediums: Critiquing the afterlife experiments. Skeptical...
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A Study of Funerary Culture and Notions of the Afterlife in Early China

Journal article by Matthias L. Richter; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 129, 2009

Subjects:

Afterlife--Portrayals, Chinese culture--Portrayals, Death in Ancient China: The Tale of One Man's Journey (Nonfiction work)--Criticism and interpretation, Funerals--Portrayals, Future life--Portrayals

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Culture and Notions of the Afterlife in Early China. by Matthias...practices, and beliefs about afterlife in early China. Just as much...apparent in chapter two ("Death as Journey in Ancient China...concepts related to life and death (such as soul, spirit, form...
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Spirits of the Hereafter: Death, Funerary Possession, and the Afterlife in Chuuk, Micronesia (1)

Journal article by Katherine Boris Dernbach; Ethnology, Vol. 44, 2005

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Death--Religious aspects, Funerals--Religious aspects, Spirits (Supernatural beings)--Religious aspects, Spirits--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the processual journey of death and the afterlife in ways that make sense...Mortlockese perspectives on death, spirits, and the afterlife. My goal is thus to understand...the new circumstances of death and the afterlife. There are two basic anthropological...
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The Final Struggle between George Washington and the Grim King: Washington's Attitude toward Death and an Afterlife

Journal article by Peter R. Henriques; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 107, 1999

Subjects:

Death & dying, History, Presidents, Washington, George (1732-99)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Washingtons Attitude toward Death and an Afterlife by Peter R. Henriques...century witnessed the deaths of Virginias two most...intestinal blockage, met his death in June with the courage...toward death and an afterlife are complicated by the...often had to face the death of relatives and friends...his reaction to the deaths of some people important...

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Magazine Articles on: death and the afterlife

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Does It End? Death and Afterlife in Middle Eastern Creation Stories

Magazine article by Ewa Wasilewska; World and I, Vol. 16, November 2001

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Afterlife--Portrayals, Cosmogony--Portrayals, Creation--Portrayals, Death--Portrayals, Future life--Portrayals, Literature, Middle East

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Does It End? Death and Afterlife in Middle Eastern Creation...the end will usually follow. Death is a natural end to all living...die. Is there a life after death? If so, what kind of life...of continuum after physical death, citing spiritual experience...were much more realistic about deaths inevitability than we are today...
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So the Soul Can Rest - Death and Afterlife in the Qur'an: Part Two

Magazine article by Ewa Wasilewska; World and I, Vol. 17, October 2002

Subjects:

Afterlife, Death and rebirth, Future life, Koran (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, Muslims--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...more specifically, the Angel of Death (32:11). Each soul should...both genders, enjoying their afterlives. Their pleasures presumably include...of Islam, and Islamic views of death and the afterlife, than the one presented by fundamentalists...
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Nor Shall They Grieve - Death and Afterlife in the Qur'an: Part One

Magazine article by Ewa Wasilewska; World and I, Vol. 17, September 2002

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Afterlife, Future life, Islam and politics, Islam--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Jihad, Koran (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, Religion--Analysis, Religious beliefs, Sacred books--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Nor Shall They Grieve - Death and Afterlife in the Quran: Part One...of birth. Both life and death are weighed as grounds for...souls destination for the afterlife: "Every soul will taste of death. And you will be paid your...
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The Afterlife of India's Fascist Leader: The Intriguing Death of an Indian Holy Man in 1985 Suggested That He Was None Other Than Subhas Chandra Bose, the Revolutionary and Nationalist Who, It Is Officially Claimed, Died in an Air Crash in 1945. the Truth, However, Is Harder to Find

Magazine article by Hugh Purcell; History Today, Vol. 60, November 2010

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Bose, Subhas Chandra--Death of, Conspiracy theories, Party leaders--Death of

Collections: History, Entire Library

The Afterlife of Indias Fascist Leader: The Intriguing Death of an Indian Holy Man in 1985...Japanese allies, he faked his death, reached Russia and returned...set up two inquiries into his death (the Nawaz Khan Committee in...
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The Afterlife of Objects

Magazine article by Lia Purpura; The Antioch Review, Vol. 61, Fall 2003

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The Afterlife of Objects (Book)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Afterlife of Objects. by Lia Purpura The Afterlife of Objects by Dan Chiasson. University of Chicago...Chiassons nearly mythic vernacular, an objects afterlife recalls not its death so much as the surprising, sheeny cast ringing...

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Newspaper Articles on: death and the afterlife

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Death Tax Afterlife

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 16, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Death tax afterlife. Byline: Art Linkletter and Charles Jarvis...the familys assets in cash to pay federal death or inheritance taxes. This literally forces...agony of a fire sale. As a result, the death tax is probably the No. 1 reason there...
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Out of Body? TRUE TALES OF THE AFTERLIFE & NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), April 23, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Out of Body? TRUE TALES OF THE AFTERLIFE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES. Byline: CRAIG MCQUEEN...met his gran during his brush with death and she had told him he must go...latest in a long line of near-death experiences of people who say theyve...
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THE DEATH BUSINESS; the Spells, Scrolls and Superstitions of the Ancient Egyptians Serve as a Reminder That Our View of the Afterlife Hasn't Changed Much in 5,000 Years

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 11, 2010

Subjects:

British Museum, Greek mythology

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

THE DEATH BUSINESS; the Spells...destination in the Afterlife, be activated as...have imagined their afterlives to be much the same...the passage to the Afterlife (though hardly...the average age of death was 35 or so...mattock, to do the afterlife chores Monkey business...awaiting them after death
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Matters of Life and Death; A Retired Ambo Offers a Personal Insight into the Afterlife, TONI SOMES Reports

Newspaper article; Daily News (Warwick, Australia), February 5, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Matters of Life and Death; A Retired Ambo Offers a Personal Insight into the Afterlife, TONI SOMES Reports. WHEN...what many would call a near-death experience and the trip changed...a young man was crushed to death in a machine operated by his...
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A TASTE OF THE AFTERLIFE; out of Body Experiences, Tunnels and Lights Seen from the 'Death' Bed

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 20, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

A TASTE OF THE AFTERLIFE; out of Body Experiences...and Lights Seen from the Death Bed. Byline: Craig McQueen...hehadmethisgran during his flirt with death and she had told him he must...in a long line of near-death experiences of people who...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: death and the afterlife

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Natchez , Indigenous People of North America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...have a lesser rank than that of the father. Upon the death of a chief, his wives, guards, and retainers were strangled to death, in the belief that they would accompany him to the afterlife. The French established a mission among the Natchez...
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Egyptian Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...grew very powerful. Life after Death The populace found its expression...particularly of belief in the afterlife (see Book of the Dead ). The...strongly believed in life after death, the idea of passing from life...manifestation of an individual after death, usually thought to be represented...
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Immortality

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Jewish idea. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed in an afterlife, in which the souls of men lived on, but generally only the...Eternal Existence and Immortality (1985); P. and L. Badham, Death and Immortality in the Religions of the World (1987...
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Greek Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...perform by their own particular heroic arete, or virtue. Death was a necessary evil; the dead were impotent shades without...agreeable, an emphasis was placed on regeneration and on the afterlife. The mysteries gained importance after Homeric religion was...
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Mummy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to toxic elements (e.g., mercury and lead). Causes of death and active or inactive disease processes can often be ascertained...Cairo). Mummification was related to beliefs concerning the afterlife and was undertaken to safeguard the fate of the soul. The...

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