Facing up to mortality : interfaith/interreligious explorations
- Publication/Creation:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Facing up to mortality : interfaith/interreligious explorations / edited by Daniel Liechty ; foreword by J. Dana Trent ; contributions by Paul Cantz, Jonathan Cohen, Spee Kosloff, Daniel Liechty, David R. Loy, Anas Malik, Merlyn E. Mowrey, Anantanand Rambachan, and Sheldon Solomon
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- Liechty, Daniel, 1954-, editor and contributor
Trent, J. Dana, foreword author
Cantz, Paul, contributor
Cohen, Jonathan, Dr., contributor
Kosloff, Spee, contributor
Loy, David, 1947-, contributor
Malik, Anas, contributor
Mowrey, Merlyn E., contributor
Rambachan, Anantanand, 1951-, contributor
Solomon, Sheldon, contributor
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Description/Summary
- Summary:
- "Late anthropologist Ernest Becker outlined a theory that a major function of culture is to provide answers to the Big Questions people pose in relation to the uniquely human recognition of death and mortality. In this book, each chapter interacts with Becker's theory from the perspective of a religious tradition or academic discipline"--
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xxv, 159 pages ; 24 cm
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- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937409197602486
- ISBN:
- 9781793655424
1793655421 - OCLC Number:
- 1264747613
- Barcode:
- 300000507027
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