Shushan Gregory:
Conceptions Of The Afterlife In Early Civilizations
Universalism, Constructivism And Near-Death Experience
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (United Kingdom), 2009
Hardback, 224 pages
Size: 234x156 mm
ISBN: 9780826440730
ISBN-10: 0826440738
Conceptions Of The Afterlife In Early Civilizations
Challenges post-modern scholarly attitudes concerning cross-cultural comparisons in the study of religions. This title analyses afterlife conceptions in five ancient civilisations (Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt, Sumerian and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, Vedic India, pre-Buddhist China, and pre-Columbian Mesoamerica).
