Death and Religion

As an accessible introduction to death, grief and conceptions of the afterlife in world religions, Death and Religion: The Basics is the ideal text for students approaching the intersection of death and religion for the first time, and those in the fields of religious studies, thanatology and anthropology.

Candi K. Cann is an Associate Professor of Religion in the Honors College at Baylor University, USA. She chairs the Death, Dying, and Beyond committee for the American Academy of Religion, is a former Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University, and a Fulbright Scholar at Han Nam University in South Korea (2023). Check out her website for a full list of her many publications, talks and interviews: www.candikcann.com

Preface: An Introduction to the Topic and Methodology 1. The Good Death 2. The Process of Dying and the Definition of Death 3. Disposal 4. Grief, Bereavement, and Mourning 5. Mourning and Bereavement from a Religious Perspective 6. Afterlives and Afterdeaths: Remembrance and Ritual 7. Technological Afterlives 8. Conclusion Glossary Index