{"product_id":"understanding-death-angela-sumegi-9781405153706","title":"Understanding Death: An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive survey of how religions understand death, dying, and the afterlife, drawing on examples from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Shamanic perspectives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders shared and differing views of death across the world's major religions, including on the nature of death itself, the reasons for it, the identity of those who die, religious rituals, and on how the living should respond to death\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlaces emphasis on the varying concepts of the 'self' or soul\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses a thematic structure to facilitate a broader comparative understanding\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in an accessible style to appeal to an undergraduate audience, it fills major gap in current textbook literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Sumegi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1405153709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405153706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 277","brand":"Angela Sumegi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925438464255,"sku":"9781405153706","price":108.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_728efe6a-f5fc-45a9-85cc-7fdc5c0a1188.jpg?v=1681077276","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-death-angela-sumegi-9781405153706","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}