TY - BOOK AU - Obayashi,Hiroshi TI - Death and afterlife: perspectives of world religions AV - BL504.O12.D438 1992 PY - 1992/// CY - New York PB - Praeger KW - Death KW - Religious aspects KW - Comparative studies KW - Future life N1 - 1 (pages (c)193.-200) and index; Living with spirits : death and afterlife in African religions; George C. Bond --; The fate of mankind : death and afterlife in ancient Mesopotamia; Jerrold S. Cooper --; Taking it with you : the problem of death and afterlife in ancient Egypt; William J. Murnane --; Death and afterlife in Greek tragedy and Plato; Helen F. North --; From witchcraft to justice : death and afterlife in the Old Testament; George E. Mendenhall --; Death and afterlife in the New Testament; Leander E. Keck --; Bound up in the bond of life : death and afterlife in the Jewish tradition; Robert Goldenberg --; Death and eternal life in Christianity; Hiroshi Obayashi --; "Your sight today is piercing" : the Muslim understanding of death and afterlife; William C. Chittick --; Hindu views of death and afterlife; Thomas J. Hopkins --; Death as threat, death as achievement : Buddhist perspectives with particular reference to the Theravada tradition; Frank E. Reynolds --; The Tibetan Tantric view of death and afterlife; Elisabeth Benard --; Death and afterlife in Chinese religions; Judith A. Berling; 2 ER -