Preface
1. At the Intersection of Death and Religion
Kathleen Garces-Foley
Part I. Religious Approaches to Death
2. Contemporary Hindu Approaches to Death
Maharshi Vyas
3. Death and Dying in Buddhist Cultures
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
4. Jewish Responses to Death and Mourning: Resilience in the Face of Dramatic Social Change
Rebecca Golbert
5. Christian Approaches to Death
Lizette Larson-Miller
6. Between the Prescribed and the Performed: Muslim Ways of Death and Mortality
Juan Eduardo Campo
7. Sikh Ways of Dying: Religious Ceremonies in Changing Deathscapes
Kristina Myrvold
8. "The Whole Damn State is a ‘Site!’": The Politics of Death and Burial in Native California
Dennis F. Kelley
Part II. Death and Dying in Contemporary Societies
9. Hospice: The Search for Better Dying
Lucy Bregman
10. Dying Well, Dying Badly: Ethical Issues at the End of Life
Courtney S. Campbell
11. Changing Funeral Practices in the United States
Kathleen Garces-Foley
12. Spontaneous Shrines and Public Memorialization in Historical Context
Sylvia Grider
13. Religion and Grief
Dennis Klass
Biography
Kathleen Garces-Foley is a professor of religious studies at Marymount University, USA.
