Death and afterlife :  perspectives of world religions /  [print] 
edited by Hiroshi Obayashi. 
 - New York :  Praeger,  (c)1992. 
 - xxii, 209 pages ;  23 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Living with spirits : death and afterlife in African religions  The fate of mankind : death and afterlife in ancient Mesopotamia  Taking it with you : the problem of death and afterlife in ancient Egypt  Death and afterlife in Greek tragedy and Plato  From witchcraft to justice : death and afterlife in the Old Testament  Death and afterlife in the New Testament  Bound up in the bond of life : death and afterlife in the Jewish tradition  Death and eternal life in Christianity  "Your sight today is piercing" : the Muslim understanding of death and afterlife  Hindu views of death and afterlife  Death as threat, death as achievement : Buddhist perspectives with particular reference to the Theravada tradition  George C. Bond --  Jerrold S. Cooper --  William J. Murnane --  Helen F. North --  George E. Mendenhall --  Leander E. Keck --  Robert Goldenberg --  Hiroshi Obayashi --  William C. Chittick --  Thomas J. Hopkins --  Frank E. Reynolds -- The Tibetan Tantric view of death and afterlife  Death and afterlife in Chinese religions  Elisabeth Benard --  Judith A. Berling. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>91003876 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death--Religious aspects--Comparative studies.<br/>Future life--Comparative studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL504.O12.D438 1992