Death, Mourning, and Burial: A Cross-Cultural Reader (The Human Life-Cycle: Cross - Cultural Readings)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated
Published: January 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781405114707
Subjects: Anthropology; Customs; Mourning customs; Death; Social Science; Sociology - General; Sociology; Anthropology - General; Customs & Traditions; Death & Dying; DEATH_SOCIAL ASPECTS; Social Science / Death & Dying; Cross-cultural studies; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Social aspects
First sentence: Of all sources of religion, the supreme and final crisis of life - death - is of the greatest importance.