How different religions view death & afterlife
By: edited by Christopher Jay Johnson and Marsha G. McGee.
Contributors: Johnson, Christopher Jay.; McGee, Marsha G.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Charles Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780914783855
Subjects: Death -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies.; Future life -- Comparative studies.
Other titles: How different religions view death and afterlife; Encounters with eternity.
Description: This new second edition presents a clear, concise and comparative overview of the teachings and the death beliefs of the largest and fastest-growing religions in North America. Unlike many books on the subject of religious beliefs, the discourse here is refreshingly objective and nonproselytizing. Furthermore, each chapter is written by a different expert or scholar who is internationally recognized as an authority on a particular faith. - Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rev. ed. of: Encounters with eternity.
Table of contents: title: Assemblies of God / Stanley M. Horton; title: Baha'i Faith / John S. Hatcher; title: A Baptist perspective / William L. Hendricks; title: Buddhism / Anne C. Klein; title: Christian Science / Elaine R. Follis; title: The Churches of Christ / Thomas H. Olbricht; title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / Richard M. Eyre; title: Hinduism / Anne Mackenzie Pearson; title: Islam / Jane Idleman Smith; title: Judaism / Rabbi Alan L. Ponn; title: Lutherans / David E. Lee; title: Presbyterianism / Ben Lacy Rose; title: A Quaker perspective / Arthur O. Roberts; title: Roman Catholicism / Rev. Francis X. Cleary; title: Seventh-day Adventist Church / Robert M. Johnston; title: Unitarian Universalism / George N. Marshall; title: United Methodist Church / James Ivey Warren, Jr.; title: Unity / Rev. James Gaither; title: Zoroastrianism / Jamsheed K. Choksky